By Emma Batha
LONDON, May 25 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Gig workers using some of Britain's most popular labour platforms, including Amazon Flex and Uber Eats, often earn less than the minimum wage, researchers said on Tuesday, as they called for stronger protections.
Amazon's courier arm and cab services Bolt and Ola came bottom in a University of Oxford study looking at how fairly 11 of the country's best known platforms treat workers, with all three scoring zero points.
"The lack of stable income due to the highly variable nature of the demand for gig services and the lack of any formal employment protection means gig companies wield an exceptional amount of power over gig workers," the study said.