Category: Gig economy

Gig economy firm under fire for telling restaurants they can avoid UK’s new tipping laws

Temper Works has promoted its agency workers to clients, saying they fall outside the legislationA gig economy firm has been criticised for telling its hospitality clients they can avoid new fair tipping laws and a forthcoming...

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Calls for investigation of Uber Eats and Deliveroo after raid on Bristol caravan camp

Migrant workers accuse Home Office of targeting the victims of labour exploitation rather than companies profiting from themMigrant workers living in a caravan encampment raided by immigration enforcement officers have accused...

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More than a million British workers not having a single day of paid time off, says TUC

Employees have lost out on holiday pay worth £2bn, according to new trade union researchWorkers across Britain have lost out on holiday pay worth £2bn, with more than a million people going without a single day of...

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On-demand UK grocery firms plan to switch riders back to gig contracts

Couriers will be moved to cheaper insecure deals after government fails on promise to bring in new employment billRapid grocery delivery firms are preparing to move hundreds of couriers paid by the hour on to insecure...

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Labour pledges same rights for all workers from day one of jobs

Party vows same protections for everyone in work, from direct employees to those in gig economyAll workers from direct employees to those in the gig economy would be eligible for sick pay, holiday, parental leave and the minimum...

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