Lecturer - Early Career Development Fellow, RMIT University
Alex Veen is an employment relations scholar at RMIT University, teaching in the HRM and ER areas. He completed his PhD at the University of Western Australia focusing on industrial agreement-making choices of management in the Western Australia mining industry after the removal of the Australian Workplace Agreements. The title of his doctoral research was 'Life after statutory individual agreements in the Western Australian mining industry: Management strategic choices in response to a changing employment relations regulatory environment'. In recent years, he also conducted research projects across other areas such as international HRM, disability care, and the changing nature of work - including the rise of the so called 'gig' economy.
A better deal for Uber drivers in UK, but Australia's ‘gig workers' must wait
Apr 04, 2021 10:37 am UTC| Economy
Ubers announcement earlier this month it will now treat its drivers in the United Kingdom as workers rather than independent contractors is a significant development for the so-called gig economy. It follows Uber losing...
Being exploited and breaching your visa: the limited choices of the food delivery worker
Aug 21, 2017 07:19 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
Some of the most vulnerable workers in the Australian labour market are squeezed between a rock and a hard place. You can never do your homework, you are so tired and you just think about how to cook the next meal and...
'The way they manipulate people is really saddening': study shows the trade-offs in gig work
Jun 21, 2017 15:03 pm UTC| Insights & Views Business
Uber driver Michelle, thinks her job is fantastic when shes only after part-time hours. But shes given it a couple of months and she says shes not getting anywhere. To be able to earn A$800 she has to actually pull in...
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