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A BID to abolish insecure work and plug legal loopholes used to exploit of gig economy workers is set to be debated in the House of Lords today.
The Status of Workers Bill, introduced by Labour peer and Institute of Employment Rights (IER) chair John Hendy QC, aims to end anomalies that allow employers to duck tax and employment law obligations.
As the law stands, only workers classed as employees are covered by Britain’s limited employment protections.
Labour must not allow unelected members of the upper house to erode a single provision of the Employment Rights Bill, argues ANDY MCDONALD MP
The Bill addresses some exploitation but leaves trade unions heavily regulated, most workers without collective bargaining coverage, and fails to tackle the balance of power that enables constant mutation of bad practice, write KEITH EWING and LORD JOHN HENDY KC