Briefing: Self-employment and gig economy (2017)
We are concerned by the increase of ‘casual work’ (including zero hour contracts and agency workers) and the so-called gig economy as these can be methods by which employers seek to reduce their duties/liabilities to their workers. We also explain how the introduction of Universal Credit is going to cause particular difficulties for low earning self-employed workers.
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