Tom Barratt

Senior Lecturer
The University of Western Australia

Dr Tom Barratt is a DECRA Fellow and Senior Lecturer in the Management and Organisations Department of the Business School at The University of Western Australia. His work as a labour geographer investigates working in the gig economy and in peripheral extractive regions.

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Australian consumers support better protections for gig workers

What is the quality, rather than the quantity, of the jobs that we wish to tolerate as a society?

An employee, not a contractor: unfair dismissal ruling against Deliveroo is a big deal for Australia’s gig workers

The Fair Work Commission's ruling that delivery rider Diego Franco was an employee of Deliveroo is a major legal win for Australia's gig workers.

Did somebody say workers’ rights? Three big questions about Menulog’s employment plan

Food-ordering platform Menulog has declared it will break with the standard contractor business model. But let's not get too excited yet.

A better deal for Uber drivers in UK, but Australia’s gig workers must wait

Uber has been forced by the UK courts to treat its British drivers as workers. It will probably require legislative change for Uber's Australian drivers to be treated as employees.