Section 15L — Fair Work Act 2009: Meaning of digital labour platform

(1) A digital labour platform means an online enabled application, website or system operated to arrange, allocate or facilitate the provision of labour services, where: (a) the operator of the application, website or system: (i) engages independent contractors directly or indirectly through or by means of the application, website or system; or (ii) acts as an intermediary for or on behalf of more than one distinct but interdependent sets of users who interact with the independent contractors or the operator via the application, website or system; and (b) any of the following processes payments referable to the work performed by the independent contractors: (i) the operator of the application, website or system; (ii) an associated entity of the operator; (iii) a person contracted, whether directly or through one or more interposed entities, by the operator or an associated entity of the operator to process the payments. (2) A digital labour platform also means an online enabled application, website or system that is prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this subsection. (3) A digital labour platform does not include an online application, website or system prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this subsection. (4) For the purposes of this section: (a) an online application, website or system may be specified by name or by inclusion in a specified class or specified classes; (b) an online application, website or system may be specified in respect of all forms of digital platform work, or in respect of specified forms of digital platform work.