‘I reckon it’s a pretty small price to pay.’
He admitted there could be some “modest pass through” because of the reforms, but “we are talking about some of the lowest paid people in Australia”.
Uber Eats driver Nabin Adhikari told 7NEWS he earns $950 for a 70-hour week — that’s just $13.60 per hour, and sometimes as little as $4 per gig.“Most of the drivers in this industry, I would say, they are just like one unexpected car breakdown away from being broke.” “First thing to remember with this is, as taxpayers, we all pay for the service to be delivered at the rate of pay that would apply for an employee. As taxpayers, we’ve already made that commitment for that money to be spent.”
He warned businesses there would be scrutiny if the incurred costs of workplace reform were passed on to workers and consumers.
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