Fair Work shake-up: gig workers secure pay rise and protection

25/11/2025 6 min
Fair Work shake-up: gig workers secure pay rise and protection

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Episode Synopsis

In a landmark agreement hailed as world-leading, the Transport Workers Union, Uber, and DoorDash have put forward a minimum standards deal for Australian gig workers to the Fair Work Commission today. This major reform guarantees food delivery riders a 25% wage increase, injury insurance, and protection from unfair algorithmic dismissal, fundamentally changing a commission-based system that workers say left them making virtually no money.

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