Gig Economy: Leave and Minimum Wage
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to ensure that people working in the gig economy receive (a) at least the minimum wage, (b) sick leave and (c) holiday entitlement.
Answered by Justin Madders
All employers must comply with their legal obligations towards those they engage.
The Government is committed to creating of the Fair Work Agency. It will bring existing functions like minimum wage enforcement into one place and it will also enforce rights such as holiday pay and Statutory Sick Pay.
We have committed to consult on moving towards a simpler two-part framework that differentiates between workers and the genuinely self-employed.
If workers believe they are not being afforded the rights they are entitled to, they can contact the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) for free and impartial advice on employment matters.
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