Hundreds of thousands of workers in the gig economy want guaranteed employment rights such as holiday pay, and say that the Government should take action, a new survey shows.
More than 1.3 million people are now working in casual part-time jobs without guaranteed hours or pay if they are sick, research by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) found. The majority of those surveyed (63 per cent) believe they should be legally entitled to the basic rights enjoyed by employees.
More than half felt firms were exploiting a lack of regulation and just 38 per cent said that they felt like their own boss.
- Up to around 30% of existing UK jobs are susceptible to automation from robotics and Artificial Intelligence (AI) by the early 2030s, but in many cases the nature of jobs will change rather than disappear
- This is lower than the US at 38% and Germany at 35%, but higher than Japan at 21%
- The likelihood of automation appears highest in sectors such as transport, manufacturing, and wholesale and retail, and lower in education, health and social work
- Male workers could be at greater potential risk of job automation than women, but education is the key differentiating factor for individual workers
- Automation will also boost productivity and wealth, leading to offsetting additional job gains elsewhere in the economy - but income inequality may rise
- Economic, legal and regulatory constraints may restrict the pace and extent of increases in automation in practice
It can be dangerous though.....
