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.
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.