High Court rules that UK Government has failed to properly apply provisions within EU health and safety directives to ‘gig economy’ workers

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In a new judgment, the High Court has ruled that the UK Government has failed to properly apply provisions within two EU health and safety directives to 'gig economy' workers.

In The Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain, R (on the application of) v The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions & Ors [2020] EWHC 3050 (Admin) (13 November 2020), the Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain - which has about 5,000 members who are predominantly low-paid, migrant workers and workers in the gig economy - sought declarations that the UK has failed properly to implement in its domestic law certain provisions of two EU health and safety directives -

   Directive 89/391/EC which introduces measures to encourage improvements in the health and safety of workers at work (the Framework Directive); and
   Directive 89/656/EC which introduces minimum health and safety requirements in relation to personal protective equipment (PPE) in the workplace (the PPE Directive).

https://www.rightsnet.org.uk/employment/caselaw/item/high-court-rules-that-uk-government-has-failed-to-properly-apply-provisions-within-eu-health-and-safety-directives-to-gig-economy-workers