The government is to review the employment law concerning workers in the gig economy. It follows a meeting between the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade and Deliveroo riders who were accompanied by union representatives and groups representing immigrants. Many of the riders are immigrant students who do not qualify for self-employed work with their visas and so have to rent accounts from others. They would like a more secure visa status and an extension to their permission to work. The co- founder of the English Language Students’ Union has also called on the government to be more active in allowing Deliveroo workers to be considered as employees rather than sub-contractors.
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