“Archbishop of Canterbury: Gig economy and zero hours contracts ‘the reincarnation of an ancient evil'”

Sep 14, 2018 | Economy

It’s a long-time since I saw ‘The Exorcist’ and, as I vividly remember the walk home, I’m not sure I ever want to see it again. Now, as I have have self-employed staff, I’m in it as, according to the Archbish, the ‘reincarnation of an ancient evil’. So a word in defence of small-business owners. 

Legislation passed for all the right reasons and most of it non-EU-related before you start, means that employing people and, in particular, stopping employing people is a very complicated, expensive and time-consuming. The pendulum swung too far in one direction, and now another and needs to settle somewhere in the middle. Before I grow horns.

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