"Gig work, sometimes called platform work, is ‘work where an individual uses a digital ‘platform' provided by a company, accessed via an ‘app' or a website, to find and perform short-term jobs'.
Despite much interest there remain considerable gaps in knowledge about the numbers employed in gig work, and the outcomes associated with it in terms of pay and working conditions.
This report and policy briefing provide current evidence on pay and conditions in gig work in the UK and outlines current policy and regulatory issues around gig work. It finds that gig work is growing in importance in the UK and is characterised by high levels of precarity and disadvantage compared to other forms of work.
They also present current evidence on pay and conditions in other precarious forms of work in the UK, notably temporary agency employment, temporary work, zero hours contracts and self-employment, with which gig work shares many features. In the final part of the briefing, 12 policy recommendations around gig work and other precarious forms of employment in the UK are set out. "

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