Not exact matches
The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) has welcomed a recommendation in a report by the House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee that the «self - employed» should be given at least «worker» employment status unless the engager of their labour can prove otherwise.1 This is a recommendation that LITRG made in written evidence to a separate inquiry.2 LITRG believes that the denial of employment rights to people working in the «
gig economy» and the exploitation of other flexible workers regarding their taxes share a common cause: the workers» own lack of knowledge, their reluctance to challenge their treatment because they lack confidence or just need the work and the businesses involved apparently having little fear of action being taken
against them by public bodies.
The food delivery app Deliveroo has successfully bucked the recent trend in the
gig economy establishing workers» employment status, after winning a landmark decision
against its own riders.
Two Uber drivers today won their employment tribunal claim
against the «
gig economy» app.
It touches on the big picture aspects of the
gig economy, like the regulations companies are running up
against and potential discrimination
against workers and customers, but also includes a number of profiles of people who are using the
gig economy to make ends meet, and even people who are building companies to support companies like Uber and Airbnb.