Creative writing professors who were employed as gig workers by Oxford University should have had employee status, a tribunal has ruled.
Riders hired by Deliveroo do not have an employment relationship with the food delivery giant and cannot be represented by a trade union, the Supreme Court has ruled.
It’s very easy to pick holes in the gig economy. Many gig workers experience unstable work, long hours, below-average pay and have little to no legal protection.
As with all things to do with AI, algorithmic or 'algorithmically personalised' wages is a hot topic.
Half (52%) of UK gig economy workers earn below minimum wage, according to a study by the University of Bristol.
