Gig economy

Gig economy platform workers complain of suffering from mental ill health, stress and exhaustion.

Parcelforce drivers have launched a worker status claim against Royal Mail, as they say they have been misclassified as self-employed. 

Two academics at Oxford University who were employed on gig-economy style contracts have won a claim over their employee status.

Around two-thirds of research staff at universities are on ‘precarious’ contracts, according to the University and College Union (UCU).

A fitter is preparing to bring a worker status case against bedroom retailer Sharps. The company claims he is self-employed.

Deliveroo riders are not 'workers' and cannot form a collective bargaining unit, the Supreme Court has concluded in a landmark judgment.

One in four UK jobs are 'bad jobs', with women more likely than men to be in poor-quality employment, according to an economist.

Under the settlement neither company will have to admit fault. Both firms deny wrongdoing yet have praised the announcement.

The government lacks the drive to enforce its latest Labour Market Enforcement Strategy, employment status experts have said.

Uber has been ordered to pay almost €600 in fines by a court in Amsterdam after an algorithm fired two of its drivers.

Proposed EU legislation on platform workers' rights could lead to Uber pulling out of 'hundreds' of European cities.

A campaign against insecure work from the Living Wage Foundation has reached 100 signatories.

Uber is facing yet another challenge from original claimant James Farrar in the ongoing saga about pay and conditions.

The government's immigration policy needs a complete reset, a recent former environment secretary has said.

Dr Duncan Brown analyses real earnings growth, or a lack thereof, in the UK and discusses the pay perspectives of economists and employees.