By Lauren Warner 2021-04-07T05:00:00+01:00
What a recent ruling on employment status could mean for the building industry
The Supreme Court has recently upheld the decisions of the Employment Tribunal, Employment Appeal Tribunal and Court of Appeal that Uber drivers are “workers” and so are entitled to various statutory rights including the right to be paid the minimum wage and holiday pay. The ramifications of this case are not limited to Uber drivers: there will be substantial knock-on effects in the broader gig economy, which can expect to be impacted in several ways. Against a background of technology disruption in the construction industry in particular, Uber may also be seen to have non-linear impacts on the sector.
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At the start of 2020, Tara Finley and her husband were hoping to get pregnant with a third baby. Now, they’re seriously considering scheduling a vasectomy.
Finley, 31, lives in Santa Barbara, Calif., with her husband and two sons, ages 18 months and 3. She is adamant about maintaining their compact family of four a complete reversal from her stance less than a year ago.
“We always planned on having three kids,” Finley said. Then 2020 happened, and “it felt like everything that could go wrong did.”
Finley, who works at a media company, was furloughed early in the pandemic, and although she has started working full time again, “every single sense of power that I didn’t even realize could be taken away from me was, and that is such a scary feeling.”