| Comment | I agree. Most drivers should not be self employed at all!
The real criminals in this equation are the firms that misclassify their drivers as self employed so that they can dodge their responsibilities and liabilities as employers (avoiding employer's national insurance, PAYE and pensions). They have their drivers sign up to be self employed when these people have no business being self employed, but then control them as if they are employees. Drivers, by and large, should be classified as limb-b workers. They don't come into the trade as entrepreneurs looking to run their own franchises, they are just guys looking to drive people around for a living. When you look outside the UK, to Europe, you see that virtually all taxi drivers are not self employed, but rather are employees of their taxi firms.
It should be the same here. |
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