Last October (2016), was asked by
the Prime Minister to conduct an independent review to
look at whether employment practices need to change in
order to keep pace with modern business models.
Matthew and the review’s expert panel will launch their
nationwide tour, with cities including Glasgow, Norwich,
Cardiff, Belfast and Newcastle among those being visited
to collect evidence and build an understanding of how
people work in different parts of the country.
The team will today (14 February 2017) meet entrepreneurs
and workers at Google Campus in east London to find out
about the capital’s labour market and to understand the
impact of new ways of working on employment rights.
They will go on to host a town hall-style event, where
workers, employers, business owners and representative
groups from London will give evidence on their
experiences to help inform the review.
said:
Most people recognise that we need as many jobs as
possible in our economy and that the flexibility of our
labour market is a strength. But people also want work
to be fair and decent and to offer opportunities for
progression and fulfilment.
The question is: what can we do to make work better
without undermining our country’s excellent record on
job creation?
We’ve started working through these complex questions
and now is just the right time to hear the views of
businesses, employees, the self-employed and the public
as a whole.
Business Minister said:
The Review is
hugely important in helping us understand whether
employment rights need to change to keep up with the
various new ways people can work.
It is symbolic that Matthew will launch his
country-wide regional tour in London, where thousands
of people are already working in ways completely
different from only a few years ago.
I’d encourage everyone to take part in the review to
make sure their views on the modern labour market are
heard.
With 15% of those working in the UK’s labour market now
self-employed, there has been a rise in the number of
people doing ‘gig’ work – short-term, casual work that is
increasingly sought by people through mobile phone apps
when they want to work.
These roles can include driving, delivering items
and DIY tasks. This is one of
the areas the review will consider. The massive expansion
of ‘disruptive’ businesses – where new ways of working
and technology come together to create new products and
services to better meet consumer demand – is also leading
to a change in working practices.
The 3 expert panel members for the Taylor review are:
- Paul Broadbent – Chief Executive of the Gangmasters
Licensing Authority (GLA), formerly
assistant chief constable at Nottinghamshire Police.
- Greg Marsh (entrepreneur) – Founder and formerly
Chair and Chief Executive of onefinestay. He works with
Amnesty International as an elected member of the
charity’s Finance and Audit Committee, and is a Visiting
Professor at Imperial College Business School.
- Diane Nicol (employment lawyer) - Diane is a Partner
at law firm Pinsent Masons specialising in employment
law. She has over 20 years of experience of industrial
relations disputes, senior exits and employment terms and
conditions.
People can also take part in the review by contributing
their experiences and ideas online, and by accessing
tickets to the team’s town hall-style events via the review’s
Dialogue page.
