Regulated workers and businesses hub

Regulated workers are: 

• 'employee-like' workers performing digital platform work, and
• regulated road transport contractors. 

The law also establishes the sub-category of road transport employee-like worker. 

See About regulated workers and businesses for more information about how the new laws define regulated workers, regulated businesses and the road transport industry. 

Watch our Regulated worker minimum standards functions video.

Read our Q&As about regulated workers factsheet (pdf)

Minimum standards orders: Making minimum standards orders and guidelines for regulated workers

Road transport contractual chain orders: Making road transport contractual chain orders and guidelines for regulated road transport contractors, road transport employee-like workers and others in contractual chain 

Collective agreements: Registering collective agreements between regulated businesses and registered employee organisations setting terms and conditions for regulated workers 

Unfair deactivation and unfair termination of a contract: Dealing with applications for remedy in relation to unfair deactivation from digital labour platform and unfair termination of a contract by a road transport business

The new laws affecting regulated workers and businesses started on 26 August 2024, but that doesn’t mean you can make an application for all matters straight away, or that we can make an order straight away. You may need to wait until a qualifying period has ended, or until consultation has been completed. 

Read our timelines factsheet (pdf).

We want to engage with the people and businesses who are affected by these new laws. 

You can: 

• join our Regulated Worker User Group to share your ideas about how we implement these new laws
• ask for a Commission Member to attend a meeting of your organisation or its members to explain more about our new regulated worker functions. You can ask for them to attend online or in person. To find out more, write to us at rws@fwc.gov.au.

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