The Gig Economy- Worker Or Self Employed Study Guide Questions And Correct Answers

*Jeremias Prassl* On Gig Economy {Ans: They represent a sophisticated system of impersonal disciplinary control. *Jeremias Prassl* has drawn attention to the 'double speak' of the Gig Economy. Gig employers deploy the language of self-determination, flexibility, and entrepreneurialism. At the same time, many Gig workers are working in low paid and insecure employment and subjected to a high degree of control and subordination. - Prassl also uses the term 'regulatory arbitrage' to describe the business models of some Gig employers. This is a forbidding and scary term! He simply means that the business model involves employers manipulating their organisational structures in order to avoid the costs associated with employment rights, as a way of getting competitive advantage over competitors who directly employ their workforces.}The Taylor Review and Responses From Bales, Bogg and Novitz: *Changing NMW* {Ans: *The Low Pay Commission should 'consider' the impact of awarding a higher NMW rate for non-guaranteed hours (p.44). The aim is to 'nudge' employers into guaranteeing more hours, achieving a degree of fairness in one-sided flexibility.* The extent to which this proposal results in higher guaranteed hours, and hence improves workers' ability to obtain mortgages and plan their financial affairs, is currently