Workers on Tap in the ‘Gig’ Economy
Issues covered include: Sexual Harassment, Bullying and Work Safety Claims by Independent Contractors, Fair Work Act and Work Health and Safety Act, Uber and the Point to Point Transport Industry, Sham contracting, who is a contractor, who is an employee.
Description
The Uberisation of the workplace has arrived. What does the Fair Work Commission say about the Gig Economy as an employment model? What protections do businesses and contractors have in this new world order? What happens when government intervenes to regulate an industry because technology has disrupted an old industry model? These questions and more are canvassed in this timely and practical seminar.
Attend and earn 3 CPD units in Substantive Law
This seminar was recorded in NSW on 19 June 2019
Chair: David Cross, Partner, Norton Rose; Best Lawyers 2019, Labour and Employment Law; Recommended Employment Lawyer (Employer Representation), Doyle’s Guide 2017
2.00pm to 2.45pm: Managing and Preventing Sexual Harassment, Bullying and Work Safety Claims by Independent Contractors
- Who is a ‘contract worker’ to whom Federal and state sex discrimination legislation both applies and protects?
- Protections and obligations under the discrimination legislation, Fair Work Act and Work Health and Safety Act for contract workers
- Application of the anti-bullying jurisdiction of the Fair Work Act and the provisions of the Work Health and Safety Act
- Meaning of ‘at work in a constitutionally covered business’ under the anti-bullying jurisdiction of the Fair Work Act
- Is the worker a deemed employee for workers’ compensation purposes?
- Remedies available
- Practical tips to minimise exposure to successful claims
Presented by Kathryn Dent, Director, People + Culture Strategies
2.45pm to 3.30pm: CASE STUDY BY THE POINT TO POINT TRANSPORT COMMISSIONER: What Happens when Government Intervenes to Regulate an Industry when a Disruptor Enters the Market? Uber and the Point to Point Transport Industry
Listen to the Point to Point Transport Commissioner speak about the regulation of the point to point transport industry after the arrival of Uber and other rideshare services.
Presented by Barbara Wise PSM, Point to Point Transport Commissioner
3.30pm to 3.45pm Afternoon Tea
3.45pm to 4.30pm: Sham Contracting Prosecutions
- Legislative framework
- Recent cases
- Consequences of getting it wrong
Presented by Anna Perigo, Barrister, Frederick Jordan Chambers
4.30pm to 5.15pm: Classification of Workers in the ‘Gig Economy’
- Recent decisions including Klooger v Foodora
- The challenges of employee/independent contractor classification
- Old principles, new economy: the push for regulatory reform
Presented by Michael Byrnes, Partner, Swaab Attorneys
Venue
Cliftons Sydney
Level 3, 10 Spring Street
Sydney 2000
NSW
Australia