Sharing Economy: Internet

(asked on 1st November 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the legal protections in place for workers engaged with online platforms in the gig economy.


Answered by
Margot James Portrait
Margot James
This question was answered on 4th November 2016

This Government believes everyone deserves to be treated fairly at work and is clear that employers must take their employment law responsibilities seriously and cannot simply opt out of them.

That is why my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister has announced an independent review of employment practices in the modern economy, which will consider how employment practices might need to change in order to keep pace with modern business models including the impact on job security and workplace rights.

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