On 11 July the much-awaited Matthew Taylor review on the world of work commissioned by PM Theresa May at the end of 2016 was presented. In it the former advisor to former Labour PM Tony Blair argues the case for clarifying the status of workers in the gig economy laterally informally known as ‘dependent contractors’. His report also goes further and calls for a rise in the minimum wage for workers on irregular hours, the introduction of mandatory sick leave, and the requirement to set out the rights of and obligations incumbent on workers as of their first working day. Unions viewed the recommendations as somewhat feeble whilst employers saw them as being too strict.
‘‘The British way’ works and ‘we don’t need to overhaul the system’, thus was the message from the Taylor review that does not seek to overturn the UK’s world of work, much to deep union disappointment. Nevertheless the review does try to calibrate the country to a fresh goal of ‘focusing more closely on the quality of work as well as the number of people employed, which will take us in the right direction.” However how does one juggle between retaining flexibility whilst also delivering worker
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