FIELD STUDY INTO ABUSE

Frank Field, stalwart Labour campaigner against social injustice, has launched his own inquiry into what he calls “employment law evasion”.

“The list of companies in the gig economy caught exploiting their workers is growing,” he said.

“Those companies have had it made abundantly clear to them that enough is enough and they need to start respecting the law.

“A main aim of this inquiry is to find out whether they have then done so, or whether instead they have chosen to stick two fingers up at their workers and the legal system by coming up with another wheeze that gets them off the hook.”

The evidence he gathers will be used to see if the law needs tightening, or changes are needed to how it is enforced. FOLLOW-UPS Frank Field