Tory MP Ed Vaizey calls for minimum wage for the self-employed

Tory MP Ed Vaizey calls for minimum wage for the self-employed

Ed Vaziey, former Minister of State for Culture, Communications, and Creative Industries and MP for Wantage, has called for self-employed workers in the “gig economy” to be paid the legal minimum wage.

Business models relying on self-employed workers have recently been under scrutiny after an employment tribunal declared that Uber’s taxi drivers should be entitled to basic working rights.

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