Laura Slattery: ‘Free’ part of freelancer must not apply to pay
Government reform of competition Bill comes after years of activism by trade unions
Senator Alice Mary Higgins pinpointed the creation of “a perverse incentive” for employers to pursue the “aggressive casualisation” of their workforces. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons
On any freelance worker’s CV, tenacity, determination and patience are implicit qualities. Those attributes are necessary just to get paid.