News / FTA urges Whitehall to act quickly on 'gig' economy workers' rights

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The logistics sector could face employment challenges without clearer guidance on worker status, the FTA has warned, and it urged the government to act quickly to ensure a skilled workforce.

Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the Royal Society of Arts, Manufacturing and Commerce, has published his report on the future of labour in the UK, making six recommendations.

Among them was a new “dependent contractor” status: a worker with greater rights than those in the “gig economy”, but retaining flexibility.

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