§ 7 — No contracting out of rights of platform worker to join, participate in or organise platform work associations

7.—(1) Subject to any other written law for the time being in force, every term of an agreement between a platform operator and any platform worker which purports to restrict or exclude, in any way, the right of any platform worker to do any of the following is void:(a)

to join a registered platform work association;

(b)

to participate in the activities of a registered platform work association, whether as an officer of the registered platform work association or otherwise;

(c)

to associate with any other persons for the purpose of organising a platform work association in accordance with the provisions of Part 3.

(2) A platform operator that enters or purports to enter into an agreement with a term mentioned in subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —(a)

to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both; and

(b)

in the case of a second or subsequent offence — to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.

(3) In this section, “registered platform work association” has the meaning given by section 19.

—(1) Subject to any other written law for the time being in force, every term of an agreement between a platform operator and any platform worker which purports to restrict or exclude, in any way, the right of any platform worker to do any of the following is void:(a)

to join a registered platform work association;

(b)

to participate in the activities of a registered platform work association, whether as an officer of the registered platform work association or otherwise;

(c)

to associate with any other persons for the purpose of organising a platform work association in accordance with the provisions of Part 3.

(2) A platform operator that enters or purports to enter into an agreement with a term mentioned in subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —(a)

to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both; and

(b)

in the case of a second or subsequent offence — to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.

(3) In this section, “registered platform work association” has the meaning given by section 19.