So it s all the bad points of self employment with all the bad points of employment. they d make it sound like it s not that big of a deal, that you re just working constantly. they d make it sound like if you didn t come in on a saturday, even though you re self employed and you re supposed to be able to choose your own hours, they make it seem like, well, you re not going to get to where you need to be, are you? and did you ever try to push back on a saturday or a sunday? when i said to them, you know, like, could ijust not show up one day? like, if i m self employed, like, can ijust not wake up one day and just choose to have a day off, cause isn t that what self employed people do? and they were just like, i mean, you can. there s nothing stopping you from doing it. but we d all be, like, disappointed. if you can t show up and you can t work your six days, you can t work your full hours as was one of the pillars then, you can t own your own business simple as
Let s find out. luke menzies, an employment lawyer, has gone through evidence i ve sent him and agreed to meet. so, i ve put together some clips from young people i ve spoken to up and down the country and i want to hear what you think about what they ve told me. in terms of, like, who you ve got looking out for you, then no one. but you still have a uniform set working hours and set expectations, so it s all the bad points of self employment with all the bad points of employment. they d make it sound like it s not that big of a deal, that you re just working constantly. they d make it sound like if you didn t come in on a saturday, even though you re self employed, and you re supposed to be able to choose your own hours, they make it seem like, well, you re not going to get to where you need to be, are you? and did you ever try to push back on a saturday or a sunday? when i said to them, you know, like, could ijust not show up one day? like, if i m self employed, like, can ijus
one day and just choose to have a day off, cause isn t that what self employed people do? and they were just like, i mean, you can. but we d all be, like, disappointed. if you can t show up and you can t work your six days, you can t work your full hours as was one of the pillars then, you can t own your own business simple as that. then i showed luke the rest of the evidence i ve gathered. these young people, from what i ve seen, are being exploited. it was interesting to hear that they recognised they could, in theory, push back. but the huge pressure on them i would say manipulation means that they re not in a position to really be able to do so, because of the consequences. having looked at the adverts, they are deeply misleading. others are slightly misleading. some actually say salary . it s not something a self employed contractor would have they d have fees or something like that and i think it must
One day and just choose to have a day off, cause isn t that what self employed people do? and they were just like, i mean, you can, there s nothing stopping you from doing it, but we d all be, like, disappointed. if you can t show up and you can t work your six days, you can t work your full hours, as was one of the pillars, then you can t own your own business. simple as that. then i showed luke the rest of the evidence i ve gathered. these young people, from what i ve seen, are being exploited. it was interesting to hear that they recognised they could, in theory, push back, but the huge pressure on them, i would say manipulation, means that they re not in a position to really be able to do so because of the consequences. having looked at the adverts, they are deeply misleading. others are slightly misleading. some actually say salary . it s not something a self employed contractor would have. they d have fees or something like that, and i think
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