The Guardian view on the gig economy: rights need enforcing | Editorial
Proper patrolling of workers’ rights is welcome. If the losers in the gig economy are to be helped, ministers must be tougher The increased level of intervention by the government in the labour market since Theresa May became prime minister is both rational and humane. The UK economy is too reliant on low-wage, low-skilled jobs, many of which are also insecure. While unemployment remains low, and in-work poverty is a serious problem, there is no good reason for ministers not to apply pressure to employers. Figures published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation this month suggest one in eight workers (4 million people) are now classified as poor. Working conditions and low pay are causing real suffering, with ambulances called to Amazon’s UK warehouses 600 times in three years . DPD delivery driver Don Lane died after missing medical appointments because he feared being fined for taking time off work. The review of the gig economy by thinktanker Matthew Taylor last year produced 53 rec...
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