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From Monday, food delivery workers will get minimum hourly pay. Here’s why it matters

From next Monday, August 17, thousands of food delivery workers across Australia will benefit from new workplace protections – including new minimum hourly rates of pay.

The Conversation

World-first deal grants minimum wage to Uber Eats and DoorDash delivery drivers

Agreement mandates baseline hourly rate, dispute resolution processes, clearer job information, and mandatory accident insurance

The Independent UK

Australia is bringing in ‘world first’ minimum pay for food delivery drivers – here’s how it will work

Deal between companies and union, which includes an hourly wage and accident insurance, still requires approval from the industrial umpire, but this is what we know so far

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'World-first' deal to give delivery drivers better pay

The nation's biggest food delivery companies have struck a deal with a union to improve the pay and working conditions of the "silent heroes" of the economy.

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What a landmark Uber Eats, DoorDash pay deal could mean for delivery drivers and food costs

Food delivery drivers could win a major pay boost and better working conditions, under a landmark deal jointly proposed by the Transport Workers’ Union and Uber Eats and DoorDash – Australia’s two biggest food delivery services.

The Conversation

Two-strikes rule to slam brakes on dodgy taxi drivers

Taxi drivers could lose their accreditation if caught repeatedly gouging and mistreating passengers under a state government crackdown.

AAP

Qantas labour hire workers due to land major pay rise

Hundreds of Qantas labour hire workers are set to receive a big pay rise under Labor's landmark "same job, same pay" reforms after a union deal.

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'We have had to scramble': Commuter chaos as bus drivers strike

Rideshare fares surged with Canberra's bus network off the road.

The Canberra Times

Qantas ordered to pay $170,000 to three workers illegally sacked at start of pandemic

Judge rebukes airline for ‘vast legal costs’ expended to defend claims of illegally firing baggage handlers

The Guardian - AU

Sackings 'very likely' in pandemic crisis, Qantas says

Qantas staff unlawfully fired in 2020 should get reduced compensation because they would have been fired in 2021 anyway, lawyers for the airline have argued.

AAP

Almost 1,700 illegally sacked Qantas workers would have been retrenched following year, court hears

Former chief executive says there would have been strong commercial reasons in ‘the context of the pandemic’ for choosing to outsource the roles

The Guardian - AU

Qantas workers' distress forms major compensation claim

The psychological distress of workers who were illegally sacked by Qantas during the COVID-19 pandemic will form part of a major compensation case.

AAP

Southwest Airlines Reaches Tentative Agreement With Transport Workers Union

Southwest Airlines and Transport Workers Union reach a positive agreement, emphasizing collaboration and employee well-being.

Top News

Virgin should get rights to extra Bali flights over Jetstar, Transport Workers Union says

TWU backs Virgin over Qantas’s budget carrier, citing former’s commitment to employing locally based crews in submission to International Air Services Commission

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Danger posed by drowsy truckies revealed in alarming figures

Technology is available to generate a microsleep alarm, but it's rarely used.

The Conversation

High Court ruling vindicates sacked Qantas workers but doesn't stop the outsourcing of jobs in the future

Qantas faces a potentially huge compensation payout to sacked workers, in a further knock to the carrier’s already diminished reputation.

The Guardian - AU

High court rules Qantas illegally outsourced 1,700 jobs during pandemic

Decision exposes embattled airline to mammoth compensation bill in major win for the Transport Workers Union

The Canberra Times

ACT considering ESA review findings as unions call for public release

An 'action plan' would be released 'shortly', staff have been told.

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Truck drivers protest at Aldi over safety standards

Transport workers are protesting at Aldi stores as the union says the German supermarket giant is putting drivers under pressure.

ABC News

High Court to hear battle between Qantas and Transport Workers' Union over ground crew outsourcing

The long-running battle between Qantas and the Transport Workers' Union over the sacking of 1,700 ground staff at the height of the pandemic moves to the High Court in Canberra.

ABC News

Scott's Refrigerated Logistics enters liquidation, losing $8m a month

Scott's Refrigerated Logistics has been recording monthly losses of $8 million, with creditors voting today to send all six of its companies into liquidation.

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