Labour may have ‘permanently postponed’ plans to reform gig economy, think tank says
SIGNIFICANT omissions in Labour’s New Deal For Working People suggest that the government has “permanently postponed” plans to help gig-economy workers, a leading think tank has warned.
The Autonomy Institute said the party’s decision to drop a commitment to introduce a single “worker” status during the current parliament “could mean that the pledge has been kicked into the long grass or, worse, permanently postponed.”
Gig-economy workers are widely considered to be in bogus self-employment, as to all intents and purposes they serve as employees, although contracting companies refer to them as self-employed to avoid the cost of National Insurance contributions and rights such as paid holidays.
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