Thursday, February 08, 2018

New UK gig employment laws

From now on, flexible workers, people like Über, gig economy will get sick & holiday pay etc Red days, toil days, personal days, sabbaticals, extended holidays, sick pay (above legal minimum),extra sick days (on top of real ones)maternity, paternity, compassionate days, paid while at the dentist etc, This sounds absolutely marvelous, so these part time flexible workers will get the best of both worlds? work when they feel like it, get paid when they don't OR will companies like Über and Amazon etc just cut back on the amount of people it employs? sadly I think that is the much more likely outcome; I think in order for the UK to remain competitive, in even a serious player in the global market we have to not be so OTT on PC, to my knowledge the UK is the only county that offers so many benefits by a long way, this combined with increase border taxes, I predict that many companies will set up shop elsewhere. watch this space. Companies not complying could face fines of up to £20,000, so really worth thinking seriously before being in business in the UK

The UK police are now known as PC, for Pollitically correct, and the NHS stands for the National Hangover Service

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