A highly-controversial new law which makes it far easier for workers to be classified as contractors has passed into law.
The law’s passage comes following a Supreme Court case which classified Uber drivers as employees, not contractors.
The Employment Relations Amendment Bill creates a new “gateway test” for whether a worker is a contractor or an employee, which would likely lead to rideshare drivers being classified as contractors once more, and losing the protections that employment status would give them.
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