Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L01573:reg:18
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L01573
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 18
Character Range: 19195–20747

18  Circumstances in which work is performed on a regular basis
 (1) This section sets out, for the purposes of paragraph 536LJ(2)(a) of the Act, some circumstances in which work is taken to be performed by an employee‑like worker on a regular basis.
Note: To be protected from unfair deactivation from a digital labour platform, an employee‑like worker must have performed work through or by means of the platform on a regular basis for at least 6 months (see paragraph 536LD(c) of the Act).
 (2) An employee‑like worker who completes, on average, 60 hours of paid work each month through or by means of a digital labour platform is taken to perform that work on a regular basis.
 (3) An employee‑like worker who completes, on average, paid work on 3 days of each week through or by means of a digital labour platform is taken to perform that work on a regular basis.
 (4) A reference in this section to time spent completing paid work is a reference to the time spent in undertaking the work for which the employee‑like worker is entitled to be paid.
Note: An effect of this subsection is that time spent waiting for work, or between tasks constituting the work, is not counted.
 (5) An employee‑like worker may be taken to perform work on a regular basis through or by means of a digital labour platform even though the worker elects, in some weeks, not to perform any work through or by means of the platform.
 (6) This section does not limit the circumstances in which work is taken to be performed by an employee‑like worker on a regular basis.