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The sub-postmasters’ case has been brought to the Central London Employment Tribunal and could have implications for 8,500 sub-postmasters across the UK – and for the wider debate about employment status in the UK. (See: Sub Post-Masters claim employment rights - Shout99, June 2021)
Andy Chamberlain from IPSE said: “As we emerge from lockdown and survey the economic damage of the pandemic, more attention than ever is being focused on the UK labour market and the question of whether it can deliver good and secure work.
“The sub-postmasters’ employment tribunal comes on the back of a surge of gig economy cases. It is a rising tide of evidence that government must step in to clear the confusion in the gig economy and protect both freelancers and those who should properly be classed as workers.
“The crucial problem is that in the UK, while worker and employee status are defined, there is no such clarity on self-employment.
"This grey area is leading to the chaos of the gig economy and a situation where status can only be defined by lengthy employment tribunals: this cannot continue.
"To protect the freedom of the many legitimate freelancers – and also secure the rights of falsely self-employed people – government should define self-employed status in law.”
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