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03-30-2016, 11:51 AM
Your cheap dinner may come at a cost to the cyclist delivering it
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Two popular food delivery startups,*Deliveroo and Foodora, are making their bicycle couriers work as contractors rather than as employees in Australia, allowing them to be paid as little as A$10 per delivery.
According to a report by*Fairfax Media (http://www.smh.com.au/business/workplace-relations/deliveroo-and-foodora-accused-of-using-sham-contacts-for-bicycle-delivery-riders-20160329-gnsu7g.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nc&eid=socialn%3Atwi-13omn1677-edtrl-other%3Annn-17%2F02%2F2014-edtrs_socialshare-all-nnn-nnn-vars-o%26sa%3DD%26usg%3DALhdy28zsr6qiq), while they can be seen darting through the streets wearing Deliveroo and Foodora's T-shirts on bicycles carrying branded food delivery bags, the riders are **t formally employed by the companies and are therefore being paid less than the award rate.*
Instead, riders are designated as independent contractors, meaning there is ** minimum pay rate or minimum wage for riders. The companies are also **t obliged to pay them weekend penalty rates or superannuation.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/30/deliveroo-foodora-australia/)
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Two popular food delivery startups,*Deliveroo and Foodora, are making their bicycle couriers work as contractors rather than as employees in Australia, allowing them to be paid as little as A$10 per delivery.
According to a report by*Fairfax Media (http://www.smh.com.au/business/workplace-relations/deliveroo-and-foodora-accused-of-using-sham-contacts-for-bicycle-delivery-riders-20160329-gnsu7g.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nc&eid=socialn%3Atwi-13omn1677-edtrl-other%3Annn-17%2F02%2F2014-edtrs_socialshare-all-nnn-nnn-vars-o%26sa%3DD%26usg%3DALhdy28zsr6qiq), while they can be seen darting through the streets wearing Deliveroo and Foodora's T-shirts on bicycles carrying branded food delivery bags, the riders are **t formally employed by the companies and are therefore being paid less than the award rate.*
Instead, riders are designated as independent contractors, meaning there is ** minimum pay rate or minimum wage for riders. The companies are also **t obliged to pay them weekend penalty rates or superannuation.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/30/deliveroo-foodora-australia/)
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