According to a new study conducted by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), 4% of the British working population work in the gig economy, essentially to top up their salaries. The study also finds that for 25% of workers in the sector, their job in the gig economy is their main source of income. The study, which was published on 17 March, dismisses some of the pre-conceived ideas about the ‘uberised’ economy.
The CIPD’s report, entitled ‘To Gig or Not To Gig: Stories from the modern economy’, reveals that 58% of freelance workers in the gig economy also hold a permanent employment contract at the same time. The study shows that around 1.3 million people have worked in this sector, which is centred around the mass employment of independent workers via platforms, and which has grown sizeably over the past year. According to the report, so-called Uberisation of the economy is significant but perhaps mo
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