Hospitality marketplace Supp facing Fair Work scrutiny over contractor claims
The Fair Work Ombudsman will scrutinise hospitality marketplace Supp, after a worker raised concerns it was misclassifying people who use the platform to find shifts...
The Supp website refers to workers as "independent contractors" and says it is workers' responsibility to divide their payments to "meet their relevant taxation and superannuation obligations".
Rather than hospitality businesses paying workers through an ordinary payroll system, the Supp platform handles payment on their behalf.
Employment lawyer Fay Calderone told the ABC she is concerned this arrangement could be leaving workers without their correct entitlements, including to superannuation...
The Fair Work Ombudsman spokesperson said it will make inquiries into Supp: "We are unable to comment on those further."...
One Melbourne-based hospitality worker has been using the Supp platform for more than three years. He requested anonymity as he still uses Supp for work.
He believes the type of work he has been hired to do reflects that of an employee, rather than a contractor...
In a statement to the ABC, Supp's chief executive Jordan Murray said: "We reject any suggestion that Supp deliberately misrepresents working relationships or facilitates sham contracting"...