Sweated Labour, Literally Speaking: The Case of Australian Jockeys

Braham Dabscheck ()
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Braham Dabscheck: University of Melbourne

A chapter in The Sports Business in The Pacific Rim, 2015, pp 311-331 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter provides an examination of the income, employment status and employment conditions of jockeys and offers a number of policy recommendations to overcome various problems they experience. Jockeys receive average incomes lower than the Australian full-time workforce and those of other leading Australian sports, and receive a low percentage of the income they generate. They have been employed as independent contractors. An examination of their employment reveals they should be regarded as employees and would receive the same entitlements available to the workforce as a whole, under Australian law. Their working life is dominated by the constant use of “wasting” to reduce and maintain their weight that has detrimental physical and psychological effects.

Keywords: Eating Disorder; Minimum Wage; Average Income; Rugby League; Collective Bargaining Agreement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-10037-1_17

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