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How gig economy workers will be left short of super

  • Written by Dale Boccabella, Associate Professor of Taxation Law, UNSW
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As a brave new generation of Australian workers enter the gig economy (such as Uber drivers, Deliveroo riders, etc), serious questions remain over how these workers will fare financially in the long term.

The gig economy creates cohorts of new workers (contractors) who potentially won’t have enough retirement savings. According to a...

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