How the 'gig economy' is forcing workers into poverty

By Rachel Browne
Updated November 9 2017 - 9:48am, first published October 16 2017 - 4:19pm
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 16: Samantha Nicoll in Macquarie Fields on OCTOBER 16, 2017 in Sydney, Australia.  (Photo by Christopher Pearce/Fairfax Media)
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 16: Samantha Nicoll in Macquarie Fields on OCTOBER 16, 2017 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Christopher Pearce/Fairfax Media)

Samantha Nicoll's introduction to the workforce was a series of casual warehouse jobs with no security and no way of knowing how much would be in her fortnightly pay packet.

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