The High Court has granted permission to the IWGB to proceed with a judicial review that could extend health and safety rights to hundreds of thousands of so-called ‘gig economy’ workers. The IWGB is arguing that the UK government has failed in its obligation to transpose health and safety directives from EU law into UK law. Whereas UK health and safety law only protects employees, EU law extends these protections, to all those classified as workers.

https://www.union-news.co.uk/high-court-grants-iwgb-permission-to-challenge-gig-economy-health-and-safety-legislation/