Uniqlo, Gymshark and Lush stop hiring UK workers via gig economy apps
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jan/05/uniqlo-gymshark-and-lush-stop-hiring-uk-workers-via-gig-economy-apps
Posted by Electricbell20
Uniqlo, Gymshark and Lush stop hiring UK workers via gig economy apps
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jan/05/uniqlo-gymshark-and-lush-stop-hiring-uk-workers-via-gig-economy-apps
Posted by Electricbell20
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Just another example of a supposedly innovative app which is really just a tax fiddle
Cf. Uber Airbnb etc.
This is a very cumbersome headline, for a moment I thought they stopped hiring only UK workers through those apps and instead only only employ foreign ones.
Instead they stopped using gig economy apps altogether in the UK which is a good thing.
They know people are starting to catch on that current immigration levels and intentions are a right wing unregulated capitalist issue. Not the racist social issue front they push in the media.
Short term freelance retail workers via an app? Surely that’s a training and oversight nightmare?
Which is probably why they’ve decided against it.
They also use these apps to try and break strikes.
Royal mail used one. These people didn’t have to have any checks and were given access to all your mail with no checks from royal mail. They could literally come in steal something that’s not tracked and fuck off without a means to be held accountable.
There has **never** been a reason why a *shop* should be hiring staff through an “app” in the first place, other than wanting to avoid needing to pay their relevant employers taxes.
That it’s premium brands as well, shame on them.
There going to make their own apps with blackjack and hookers
Well done for doing even just about the bare minimum