ABSTRACT
This chapter makes the case that certain essential rights and interests of workers need to be recognised in any form of regulation. It canvasses the argument (developed in detail in the following Chapters 4 and 5) for the establishment of mandatory minimum standards, both substantive and procedural, for all forms of gig work. Four methods for introducing those standards are explained: ‘deeming’ provisions which determine that certain kinds of labour engagements should be treated as employment relationships for the purposes of certain employment protections; creation of a special category of ‘worker’ for the purpose of certain entitlements, as has been done in the United Kingdom; special regulatory schemes governing particular industries or business structures; and review of ‘unfair’ independent contracts.
