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Insecure workers ‘twice as likely to die from Covid,’ TUC analysis reveals
Sick pay must be raised to living wage and zero-hours contracts banned, say unions
Deliveroo riders from the Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain (IWGB) in the City of London, as they go on strike in a dispute for fair pay, safety protections and basic workers' rights
INSECURE and gig-economy workers are twice as likely to die from Covid-19 as those in more secure work, damning analysis by the TUC has revealed.
Lack of sick pay, fewer rights and endemic low wages, combined with occupations that frequently expose people to the virus, have contributed to a mortality rate among insecure workers double that among others, according to the trade union body.
Among male workers without guaranteed regular hours or income, or in low-paid self-employment, the Covid-19 death rate between March and December last year was 51 per 100,000, compared with 24 per 100,000 for those in more secure work.
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