This book investigates how paid care work and employment are being
transformed by policies of social care individualisation in the context
of new gig economies of care. Drawing on a case study of the creation of
a new individualised care market under Australia's National Disability
Insurance Scheme the book provides important insights into possible
futures for social care employment where care is treated as an
individual consumer service. Bringing together sociological, political
science and socio-legal approaches the book demonstrates how, in
individualised care markets and with ineffective labour laws, risks of
business and employment are devolved to frontline care workers. The book
argues for an urgent re-evaluation of current policy approaches to care
and for new regulatory approaches to protect workers in diverse forms of
employment.