Sharing Economy: Conditions of Employment
(asked on 2nd September 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to give workers in the gig economy employment benefits and protection.
Answered by
Lord Callanan
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
This question was answered on 15th September 2020
As announced in the Queens’ Speech, we will be bringing forward an Employment Bill to implement a range of Manifesto commitments.
This legislation will make workplaces fairer, by encouraging flexible working and introducing new protections for those in low-paid work and the gig economy.
It will balance the needs of both employers and workers and will ensure we have an employment framework that is fit for purpose in the 21st century.