Delivery drivers serving customers of apps such as UberEats in Australia will be paid a minimum rate of AUS$31.30 ($22.05) an hour, under a measure approved by the Fair Work Commission (FWC). The FWC, Australia’s industrial umpire, on August 11 issued a new minimum standards order for operators of the digital platforms who engage so-called gig workers to perform on-demand delivery of food, drinks or groceries. The new agreement, which is expected to apply to any on-demand delivery platforms, will take effect from August 17. HoweverOn the other hand, delivery platforms will have to organize and pay for personal accident insurance that “provides a reasonable minimum level of cover” for the workers. In the U.S. different states have wrestled with the employment rights of delivery drivers for years, but have generally determined they do not qualify fully as employees.