‘The government should act to create a right to request a contract that guarantees hours for those on zero hours contracts who have been in post for 12 months which better reflects the hours worked.’
Government recognise that only a small proportion of the workforce will benefit from this recommendation so instead are considering these two recommendations in the wider context that all workers should have more choice, where possible, in how and when they work including having a right to request a more predictable and stable contract.
Review recommended: Strengthen the ‘worker voice’
‘The government should examine the effectiveness of the Information and Consultation Regulations in improving employee engagement in the workplace. In particular it should extend the Regulation to include employees and workers and reduce the threshold for implementation from 10% to 2% of the workforce making the request.’
This consultation will be used to gather further evidence before Government fully assesses the merits of the recommendation. Wider views are encouraged as to how Government can improve the worker voice in the workplace more generally and input from all stakeholders will be extremely valuable.
CIPP comments:
The CIPP policy and research team will be publishing a survey and running a roundtable to gather your views, experiences and responses to the proposals put forward in this paper and to the questions being asked. Further details will be forthcoming through News and in the Policy hub but in advance of that expressions of interest are welcomed to policy . Please write Increase transparency in the subject line of your email.
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Characteristics and experiences of individuals in the gig economy 10 February 2018
Alongside the publication of the Government response to Taylor review BEIS also published two reports that detailed the research findings on the characteristics of the gig economy together with experiences from individuals working in the gig economy.
The reports present the findings from research conducted into the gig economy for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).
Characteristics of those in the gig economy This research uses nationally representative surveys to cover 3 key areas: developing a working definition of the gig economy using the working definition to estimate the number of individuals who have found work via the gig economy providing information on the characteristics of those who work in the gig economy Experiences of individuals in the gig economy This research uses 150 interviews to look at several aspects of the gig economy including the experiences of individuals and motivations for working in the gig economy: experiences of working in the gig economy pay and conditions employment rights skills and training main perceived advantages and disadvantages future plans why they are used the strengths and weaknesses of the contracts
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