Lush and Gymshark among chains using apps promoted by TikTok influencers to take on gig economy assistants lacking basic protections, say unionsUnions have accused high-street retailers of drafting in young gig economy store...
Read MoreTemper 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...
Read MoreMigrant 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...
Read MoreEmployees 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...
Read MoreParty amends plan to bolster protections for gig economy as it boasts of ‘pro-business’ credentialsLabour has partially rowed back from its policy on boosting rights for those working in the gig economy as it seeks...
Read MoreLaw would weaken right to force app-based firms to explain automated decisions, says research groupProtections for gig economy workers will be watered down should ministers succeed in pushing a controversial bill through...
Read MoreCouriers 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...
Read MoreIt would be first time a UK union wins formal negotiation rights and comes after GMB-organised strikes at warehouseAmazon workers at the delivery firm’s Coventry depot are demanding formal union recognition, after...
Read MoreUnion organisation criticises Tory ‘litany of failures on workers’ rights’ five years on from Taylor reviewThe Trades Union Congress has criticised the Conservative party for “a litany of failures on...
Read MoreVincente Gomes is a cousin and former colleague of Emanuel Gomes, who died after going into work with a feverA government cleaner has described how he and his colleagues feel powerless to refuse difficult situations such as...
Read MoreDraft legislation would improve status of millions of workers, with likely knock-on effect on UK despite BrexitGig economy companies operating in the European Union, such as Uber and Deliveroo, must ensure workers get the...
Read MoreNearly half of undergraduate tutorials are delivered by staff who lack proper contracts, research showsColleges at the University of Cambridge have been accused of using overworked and underpaid gig economy workers to provide...
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