FWC rules Deliveroo driver was employee, not independent contractor

Deliveroo driver Diego Franco

Deliveroo 2021-05-18 2:30 pm By Cat Fredenburgh | Melbourne

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In a victory for gig economy workers, the Fair Work Commission has found that a Deliveroo driver who was sacked for not working fast enough was an employee, saying the company’s power to exert control over its workers with data collected through its app weighed in favour of a finding of that employer-employee relationship existed.

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