Gig workers get new rights – without the catastrophe platforms predicted (pearlsandirritations.com)

New minimum standards will give food delivery workers an earnings floor, accident cover and clearer workplace protections. The changes also test years of warnings that regulating gig work would send delivery prices soaring.

Food delivery workers will finally get an earnings floor and basic protections from Monday. Years of warnings that regulating gig work would send prices soaring now look increasingly doubtful, Alex Veen, Caleb Goods and Tom Barratt write.

1 comments — live from bluesky

Niall · 1 · 22h ago
IMO - I think Uber & co already pre-baked in the price increases last few years to account for this - ~30% markup on the food items & combined "Delivery/Service" fees around $15/order these days. Any further price increases would just be outright consumer gouging & ACCC should step in if done.