APP LIFE: How is Ireland treating workers in the gig economy?

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A rise in payment-by-task services across numerous industries has led to the pay & conditions for many people changing substantially in recent decades. The noteworthy_ie team wants to find out the impact the gig economy is having on workers:

A rise in payment-by-task services, such as delivery riders, across numerous industries, has led to the pay and conditions for - mainly younger - people changing substantially in recent decades. But, have our laws and regulations kept pace with this change?

However, many workers continue to be treated as sub-contractors or freelancers rather than employees in Ireland, in spite of legal challenges here as well as a number of other European countries.

 

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noteworthy_ie fiannafailparty FineGael SocDems Another triumph for robber-baron capitalism-- dumping the expenses of 'externalities ' onto the state (i.e., on to your taxes) --- the same way pollution of water,air & land were 'externalities' once!

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