Recognition and work in the flexible economy

Close to a third of workers in Australia are now employed as casuals or independent contractors (ABS, 2009a: 3).1 These workers have no legal expectation of ongoing work, are excluded from paid leave entitlements, and receive only minimal protection against unfair dismissal. Moreover, the proportion of workers employed under these non-standard employment contracts has been growing steadily in recent years, with casual employment and independent contracting growing by 7.6 percent and 14.8 percent respectively between November 2008 and November 2010, compared to less than six percent growth in jobs with paid leave entitlements (ABS 2008; ABS 2009a; ABS 2010).

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