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'So immoral': gig economy workers forced to pay fee to receive their wages
Retail assistants on low pay using YoungOnes platform docked cash or told to wait up to 30 days for earnings
Tom Gillam, who has worked at least six shifts at the Emma Sleep’s store in Manchester, said gig workers on low and irregular wages needed money quickly to buy essentials and pay bills. Last month, the Observer revealed the growing use of gig economy workers without basic employment rights in the retail sector, a move the TUC had called “worrying”. It will also abolish the waiting period for statutory sick pay, set at the first three days of illness, and give workers the right to unpaid paternity and bereavement leave as soon as they start a new job.
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