GMB, the union for people gig economy workers,
commented ahead of the publication of Taylor review which has
emerged today. [1]
The review by , the head of the Royal
Society of Arts, into the rapidly changing world of work is due
to be published tomorrow.
Tim Roache, GMB General Secretary,
said:
“If the Taylor review does indeed call for a radical
overhaul of employment law, the recommendations that are leaking
out seem to miss the point.
“What we've seen so far is tinkering around the edges
and creating more loopholes employers will inevitably
exploit.
“Current employment laws and our tax and national
insurance structures are sufficient - the issue has been one of
enforcement, or lack of it.
“Unscrupulous employers are ignoring the rights which
workers already have and are not paying their fair share of
taxes.
“Any report worth its salt on the modern world of
work absolutely has to tackle the use of agency and precarious
work as a business model - thousands of people work in perpetual
insecurity while vastly profitable companies can make even more
in profit while refusing to pay the taxes they owe all of
us.
"That's simply not right.
“Anything short of a wholesale crackdown of
exploitation of working people, and avoiding tax, in the name of
creating a modern world of work is unacceptable and will be seen
by working people as a smoke screen for the status quo while
bosses carry on as normal.”
ENDS
Notes to editors:
[1] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40550864
