Independent Contractors

05 Nov 2021

Contractor Payments: Medical Practice Liable for $800k in Payroll Tax

02 Jun 2021

Food Delivery Service Worker Found to be an Employee

On-demand food delivery platforms such as UberEats, Deliveroo, Menulog, and DoorDash have long relied upon classifying the persons who deliver orders as independent contractors to facilitate the services offered by their platforms. However, the recent case of Diego Franco v Deliveroo Australia Pty Ltd [2021] FWC 2818 (the Deliveroo Case), may mark a landmark change and mean the delivery partners working for these platforms will be classified as employees and receive entitlements as such.

08 Mar 2021

Ready and Willing or Sitting Ducks; the Developing Categorisation of ‘Gig Workers’

With the rising prevalence of technology driven ‘gig workers’, judicial, political and social conversation have begun to question the traditional definition of ‘employee’.

24 Jan 2019

FWC Characterises Foodora Driver as an Employee

10 Jan 2018

Fair Work Commission Australia found that Uber Drivers are Independent Contractors and not Employees

A recent ruling by the Fair Work Commission (FWC) has found that Uber Drivers are not captured by Australia’s unfair dismissal laws, as Drivers are not classed as employees but rather, independent contractors.