gig economy

News

Gig economy workers call for government to regulate industry

17th March 2017

Zero-hours contracts and low-paid self-employment costs the Exchequer an estimated £4bn a year, according to a new TUC report published today.

News

New figures show an increase in zero-hours contracts

16th March 2017

Zero-hour contracts now represent nearly 3% of all people in employment in the UK. Official figures from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) estimate that 905,000 people are on the contracts.

News

Gig-economy – Legal action launched in latest case of ‘forced self-employment’

7th March 2017

Union GMB has announced it will start legal action on behalf of members working as couriers for delivery company, DX. The union says that legal action will be taken with the aim of securing rights on pay, holidays, health and safety, discipline and grievances, on behalf of members who work as couriers and drivers for DX.

News

A million workers on zero hours contracts: “inevitable”

3rd March 2017

The number of people on zero hours contracts has risen to a new high of 910,000.

Employment Law Cases

Capita Translation and Interpreting Limited v Siauciunas (worker and employee status)

1st March 2017

worker status employment tribunal

News

Gig-economy costs the Government £4 billion a year

14th February 2017

Zero-hours contracts and low-paid self-employment costs the Exchequer an estimated £4bn a year, according to a new TUC report published today.

News

Pimlico Plumbers: Another spanner in the works of the gig economy?

14th February 2017

Pimlico Plumbers v Smith, Court of Appeal finding in gig economy case

Five things we learnt in employment law this week

Five Things We Learnt In Employment Law This Week (10 February)

10th February 2017

What we learnt in employment law 10 February 2017

Articles

Gig-economy: Court of Appeal rules against Pimlico Plumbers over self-employed status

13th February 2017

The Court of Appeal’s ruling on Pimlico Plumbers Ltd v Smith is ‘significant’ but ‘not surprising’, according to employment solicitors. Today’s ruling by the Court of Appeal has upheld the EAT’s decision

Articles

Who and what is next in the “gig economy” litigation?

9th February 2017

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