Labour Consider a Four Day Working Week Amid Gig Economy Changes
Saturday 10 November, 2018 Written by IoD
The Guardian reports that the Cabinet are set to press ahead with plans to shore up the rights of gig economy workers, implementing several main recommendations of the Taylor Review into modern employment practices.
The proposals could include introducing a new right to demand a temporary or fixed-hours contract, as well as clarifying the criteria around self-employment.
Image: Lord Skidelsky
Image: Mathew Taylor RSA chair, authored the Taylor report into the future of work.
Sticking with employment issues, the Labour Party has reportedly tapped former Conservative peer Lord Skidelsky to lead an enquiry into the prospect of a four-day working week.
ABC Note: Workers in Britain feel they are working harder than at any time in the last 25 years, according to the latest edition of the five-yearly Skill and Employment survey. Meanwhile, wages have stagnated. So hard times for all? Not quite. The CEOs of the UK’s hundred biggest listed companies saw their pay packets rise by 11% last year.
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