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Labour pledges to end gig economy and hand all workers same legal rights
Keir Starmer hopes the party can start appealing again to traditional Labour voters by focusing on giving millions of workers on irregular hours the same basic rights as everyone else
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The gig economy has made work more insecure and piecemeal (Image: Getty Images)
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Source: Labour Party UK
Labour has today announced plans to give all workers security at work by creating a single status of âworkerâ for all but the genuinely self-employed, with rights from day one of employment.
A single status of âworkerâ would replace the three existing employment categories and remove qualifying periods for basic rights and protections to give workers day one rights in the job.
As part of Labourâs plan to end insecure employment, all workers would receive rights and protections including Statutory Sick Pay, National Minimum Wage entitlement, holiday pay, paid parental leave, and protection against unfair dismissal.
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