Experts say gig economy workers are less protected as more companies create benefits packages for self-employed workers.
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Across these retail places, cultural workers like stylists and visual merchandisers colour our purchases. How do they do it? I aimed to find out.
Fast fashion is far from green. But the rapid expansion of online clothing resale platforms could help shrink the garment industry’s negative impact on the environment.
Believed to possess magical qualities, amulets were once widely used. They range from amber pendants worn during Denmark’s Mesolithic age to wind chimes found at Pompeii.
Many major luxury goods firms have long made place a key part of their identity, and a visit to a traditional silk-weaving centre in Vietnam shows that the approach could work for small firms too.
External pressure has led to delivery giant, Hermes, being referred to the chief tax man over whether or not its workers should be classified as ‘self-employed’.
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Honorary Professor, The University of Queensland
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Affiliate Research Associate, School of Political and Social Sciences, University of Glasgow
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Full professor, Grenoble École de Management (GEM)
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Postdoctoral research fellow, Université Savoie Mont Blanc
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Associate Professor of Fashion Merchandising, Oklahoma State University
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Associate Professor of Fashion Merchandising, Oklahoma State University
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PhD Candidate, Sociology, University of Toronto
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Co-Director of the ESRC Centre on Digital Futures at Work, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex
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ESRC Research Fellow, Digital Futures at Work Research Centre, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex
