Freelance Rights

EDM number 1961 in 2008-09, proposed by Austin Mitchell on 21/07/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Employment.

That this House notes that freelance workers have been hit hard by the economic downturn and are losing significant amounts of regular work with little or no warning and without any redundancy pay or compensation; further notes that many freelance workers have little choice but to take up self-employment because of employment practices in their sector; further notes that at present freelance workers are entitled to pro rata holiday pay for the periods that they work; believes that a similar system could be applied to other employment rights, such as redundancy pay; therefore calls for improved rights across all sectors in which regular freelance work occurs.

This motion has been signed by a total of 40 MPs.