Impact of technological and other change on the future of work and workers in New South Wales

Introduction

This inquiry was established on 24 March 2020 to inquire into and report on the impact of technological and other change on the future of work and workers in New South Wales.

Please note: This inquiry will be focusing on policy issues and is not intended to be a forum to resolve individual matters.

On 6 October 2020, the committee released a discussion paper to guide potential witnesses on the committee's areas of interest ahead of hearings for the inquiry. The link to the discussion paper is here.  

Terms of reference
Timeline
DateMilestone
Tue 24 March 2020Referred
Mon 31 August 2020Submissions closed
Mon 09 November 2020Hearing - Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney
Mon 16 November 2020Hearing - Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney
Tue 23 February 2021Hearing - Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney
Tue 30 March 2021Hearing - Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney
Mon 19 April 2021Hearing - Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney
Mon 17 May 2021Hearing - Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney
Fri 10 September 2021Hearing - Virtual hearing, Video conference, Sydney
Mon 18 October 2021Hearing - Virtual hearing, Video conference, Sydney
Wed 06 April 2022Committee Interim Report
Wed 29 June 2022Hearing - Room 814, Parliament House, Sydney
Tue 04 October 2022Government Response to Interim Report
Tue 08 November 2022Final Report
Fri 20 January 2023Government Response to Final Report
Submissions

Submissions to this inquiry closed on 31 Aug 2020.

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Hearings and transcripts
DateVenue details
Mon 09 November 2020Macquarie Room, Parliament House, SydneyView scheduleView transcript
Mon 16 November 2020Macquarie Room, Parliament House, SydneyView scheduleView transcript
Tue 23 February 2021Jubilee Room, Parliament House, SydneyView scheduleView transcript
Tue 30 March 2021Jubilee Room, Parliament House, SydneyView scheduleView transcript
Mon 19 April 2021Macquarie Room, Parliament House, SydneyView scheduleView transcript
Mon 17 May 2021Macquarie Room, Parliament House, SydneyView scheduleView transcript
Fri 10 September 2021Virtual hearing, Video conference, SydneyView scheduleView transcript
Mon 18 October 2021Virtual hearing, Video conference, SydneyView scheduleView transcript
Wed 29 June 2022Room 814, Parliament House, SydneyView scheduleView transcript
Reports and government responses

Government response - Report No. 2 - Impact of technological and other change on the future of work and workers in New South Wales: Final report - Workplace surveillance and automation

Tabled date:
Fri 20 January 2023
PDF565.02 KB

Report No. 2 - Impact of technological and other change on the future of work and workers in New South Wales: Final report - Workplace surveillance and automation

Tabled date:
Tue 08 November 2022
PDF7.72 MB

Government response - Report No. 1 - Select Committee on the impact of technological and other change on the future of work and workers in New South Wales - The gig economy - First report

Tabled date:
Tue 04 October 2022
PDF8.74 MB

Report No. 1 - Select Committee on the impact of technological and other change on the future of work and workers in New South Wales - The gig economy - First report

Tabled date:
Wed 06 April 2022
Government response due:
Thu 06 October 2022
PDF1.64 MB
Other documents
DateTypeTitle
Tue 08 November 2022Media ReleaseUpper House committee releases report on the future of work, calls for more regulation of workplace surveillance (pdf, 129.29 KB)
Fri 08 July 2022Answers to Questions on Notice Professor Ariadne Vromen, Professor of Public Administration, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University (pdf, 269.95 KB)
Fri 08 July 2022Answers to Questions on Notice Professor Ariadne Vromen, Professor of Public Administration, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University (pdf, 374.18 KB)
Fri 08 July 2022Answers to Questions on Notice Professor Ariadne Vromen, Professor of Public Administration, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University (pdf, 194.98 KB)
Wed 29 June 2022Answers to Questions on Notice Dr Josh Healy, Senior Lecturer in Employment Relations, The University of Newcastle (pdf, 5.20 MB)
Wed 29 June 2022Tabled DocumentAi Group Submission, tendered by Ms Nicola Street (pdf, 365.83 KB)
Wed 06 April 2022Media ReleaseReport tabled (pdf, 285.31 KB)
Wed 08 December 2021Answers to Questions on Notice Mr Anthony Wing, Point to Point Commissioner (pdf, 208.30 KB)
Wed 08 December 2021Answers to Questions on Notice Revenue NSW (pdf, 173.57 KB)
Thu 14 October 2021Correspondence From Ms Kitty Lu, Compliance Manager and Public Relations Manager, EASI Group - clarifying her evidence to the committee (pdf, 141.30 KB)
Thu 07 October 2021Answers to Questions on Notice Doordash (pdf, 100.34 KB)
Thu 07 October 2021Answers to Questions on Notice Mable (pdf, 57.30 KB)
Wed 06 October 2021Answers to Questions on Notice EASI (pdf, 3.43 MB)
Fri 25 June 2021Answers to Questions on Notice Coles (pdf, 113.20 KB)
Wed 23 June 2021Answers to Questions on Notice Uber (pdf, 64.26 KB)
Fri 18 June 2021Answers to Questions on Notice United Workers Union (pdf, 251.18 KB)
Wed 16 June 2021Answers to Questions on Notice Menulog (pdf, 251.11 KB)
Mon 17 May 2021Tabled Document'Blue Harvest' report - tendered by Mr Michael Buckland, McKell Institute (pdf, 4.48 MB)
Mon 17 May 2021Tabled Document'Insecure Work and Portable Entitlements' report - tendered by Mr Michael Buckland, McKell Institute (pdf, 2.37 MB)
Thu 13 May 2021Answers to Questions on Notice Queensland University of Technology (pdf, 179.99 KB)
Wed 12 May 2021Answers to Questions on Notice Airtasker (pdf, 56.23 KB)
Wed 12 May 2021Answers to Questions on Notice NSW Farmers (pdf, 614.05 KB)
Wed 12 May 2021Answers to Questions on Notice University of Sydney – Australian Women's Working Futures (pdf, 1.10 MB)
Wed 12 May 2021Answers to Questions on Notice Professor Rae Cooper - Dual-earner parent couples’ work and care during COVID-19 (pdf, 867.40 KB)
Wed 12 May 2021Answers to Questions on Notice Professor Rae Cooper - Gender equality and paid parental leave in Australia: A decade of giant leaps or baby steps? (pdf, 428.49 KB)
Wed 12 May 2021Answers to Questions on Notice Professor Rae Cooper - Wage-setting and gender pay equality in Australia: Advances, retreats and future prospects (pdf, 386.36 KB)
Fri 30 April 2021Answers to Supplementary QuestionsALDI (pdf, 275.79 KB)
Fri 30 April 2021Answers to Questions on Notice The Australian Workers Union (pdf, 250.61 KB)
Fri 30 April 2021Answers to Questions on Notice Professor David Peetz, Emeritus Professor, Department of Employment Relations and Human Resources, Griffith Business School, Griffith University (pdf, 73.51 KB)
Thu 29 April 2021Answers to Questions on Notice Deliveroo (pdf, 190.80 KB)
Thu 29 April 2021Answers to Questions on Notice ALDI (pdf, 260.69 KB)
Thu 22 April 2021Answers to Questions on Notice NSW Productivity Commission and NSW Innovation and Productivity Council (pdf, 185.14 KB)
Wed 21 April 2021Correspondence From Mr Neville Stevens AO, Chair, NSW Innovation and Productivity Council – clarifying his evidence to the committee (pdf, 114.88 KB)
Sat 10 April 2021Answers to Questions on Notice Professor Daryll Hull, Executive Chair, Transport Education Audit Compliance Health Organisation (jpg, 390.64 KB)
Fri 26 March 2021Answers to Questions on Notice Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union (pdf, 191.63 KB)
Thu 25 March 2021Answers to Questions on Notice Hungry Panda (pdf, 134.98 KB)
Thu 25 March 2021Answers to Questions on Notice Restaurant and Catering Industry Association (pdf, 135.59 KB)
Tue 23 March 2021Answers to Questions on Notice Mr Fang Sun, food delivery driver Hungry panda - copy of contract (pdf, 507.61 KB)
Tue 23 March 2021Answers to Questions on Notice icare - Part 2 (pdf, 79.20 KB)
Mon 22 March 2021Answers to Questions on Notice Revenue NSW (pdf, 18.30 KB)
Fri 26 February 2021Answers to Questions on Notice Australian Road Transport Industrial Organisation NSW Branch (pdf, 265.61 KB)
Tue 16 February 2021Answers to Questions on Notice SIRA Part 2 (pdf, 518.50 KB)
Fri 22 January 2021Answers to Questions on Notice Department of Premier and Cabinet (pdf, 175.40 KB)
Wed 20 January 2021Answers to Questions on Notice Transport Workers Union (pdf, 689.54 KB)
Wed 20 January 2021Answers to Questions on Notice icare Part 1 (pdf, 1.34 MB)
Mon 18 January 2021Answers to Questions on Notice Business NSW (pdf, 1.41 MB)
Thu 14 January 2021Answers to Questions on Notice The Australian Industry Group (pdf, 181.44 KB)
Wed 13 January 2021Answers to Supplementary QuestionsSIRA Part 1 (pdf, 593.21 KB)
Wed 13 January 2021Answers to Questions on Notice SIRA - Gig Economy Reference Group documents (pdf, 3.66 MB)
Mon 11 January 2021Answers to Questions on Notice Mr Steve Khouw, Food Delivery Worker - copy of contract (pdf, 1.97 MB)
Mon 21 December 2020Answers to Questions on Notice Unions NSW - WFH guide (pdf, 1.27 MB)
Tue 17 November 2020Answers to Questions on Notice SafeWork NSW - Report - WHS delivery workers (pdf, 3.75 MB)
Tue 17 November 2020Answers to Questions on Notice SafeWork NSW - Report - WHS delivery platforms (pdf, 1.94 MB)
Mon 16 November 2020Correspondence From Ms Luna Wei, Delivery Manager, Hungry Panda – providing reasons to her non-attendance at the public hearing on 16 November 2020 (pdf, 115.33 KB)
Mon 16 November 2020Tabled DocumentFood Delivery Rider/Driver Survey – tendered by Mr Richard Olsen, Transport Workers' Union (pdf, 1.17 MB)
Mon 16 November 2020Tabled DocumentRideshare Driver Survey – tendered by Mr Richard Olsen, Transport Workers' Union (pdf, 1.13 MB)
Tue 10 November 2020Answers to Questions on Notice Mr Malcolm Mackenzie, Rideshare Driver (pdf, 7.37 MB)
Mon 09 November 2020Tabled DocumentScreenshots of correspondence with rideshare platform – tendered by Mr Malcolm Mackenzie, Rideshare Driver (pdf, 9.21 MB)
Mon 09 November 2020Answers to Questions on Notice Mr Esteban Salazar, Food Delivery Worker - correspondence with Uber (pdf, 522.27 KB)
Tue 06 October 2020OtherDiscussion Paper (pdf, 503.96 KB)
Thu 30 April 2020Media ReleaseEstablishment of inquiry (pdf, 103.09 KB)

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