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Creative Media Industries - Session 10 - Current Trends & The Gig Economy


If you want proof of how common freelancing is becoming, for the first time in my lifetime it'd seem the govt are actually doing something to help protect freelance workers from bad treatment. You'll have heard lots about the 'gig economy' - fundamentally it refers to the growing amount of people not on fixed contracts, or doing work on a project-by-project basis i.e freelancers.

Often, as a freelancer, or someone working zero-hours contracts you're not afforded the same protection from bad treatment or late payment as normal contracted workers are. The govt's measures attempt to address this. Unions are already saying they're too little too late. I want you to find out 

WHAT the govt. is proposing
WHAT unions are attacking the measures for
WHAT is the 'gig economy' and how many people are involved in it? 

Use the following links to answer these questions but also conduct your own research via the 'news' tab on google or on twitter to flesh out your blogpost - call the blogpost 'The Gig Economy'

ITV news link

WHAT YOU SHOULD END UP WITH
A blogpost detailing what the gig-economy is, what the govt. are attempting to do in terms of protecting workers in the gig-economy, and why unions aren't happy about the measures. 

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