Regulated worker minimum standards applications that may impact gig workers and road transport contractors

Minimum standards order application – MS2024/1 – Explainer

We have received an application for an employee-like worker minimum standards order for workers doing ‘last mile’ delivery work.

This page is a summary only and is not a decision of the Fair Work Commission.

Visit the TWU regulated worker minimum standards orders applications (MS2024/1-3) webpage to read the application, submissions and other documents for this case.

Image	What is a minimum standards order? A minimum standards order creates legally binding minimum standards for certain workers and businesses. An order may include terms about payment, insurance and other work standards.
Image	Who made the application? The Transport Workers’ Union of Australia (TWU).
Image	What does the applicant say should be included in the order? The TWU wants an order that includes: ‘minimum safety net’ rates that workers must receive requirements for workers to maintain and insure their vehicles reimbursement of tolls and fines incurred by workers requirements on digital labour platforms to consult affected workers about proposed major changes. These are just some of the terms in the TWU's draft for MS2024/1. You can also find out more about MS2024/1 on our website.
Image	If a minimum standards order is made, who and what would it cover? The TWU has asked for an order that covers: employee-like workers who: operate the vehicles defined in the order (with a carrying capacity of 3 tonnes or less), and use a digital labour platform for 'last mile' delivery work the operators of the digital labour platforms that facilitate or arrange that work. We have not made a decision to make an order or decided who or what it will cover. If we make an order, it will be after consulting affected workers and businesses. Phrases such as employee-like worker, digital labour platform and digital labour platform operator, as well as rules we must follow in considering this application, are from the Fair Work Act. More information about what they mean can be found on our Regulated workers and businesses hub webpage.
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