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Re:52% of UK gig workers are earning below minimum wage by ClumsyPilot on Thursday May 11, 2023 @12:36PM (#35904630)
> "rules against leaving the premises when off the clock."

If you are not paid for that time, they have no right to require anything.

Wtf is this attitude to employees as if they are property.

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Re:52% of UK gig workers are earning below minimum wage by mrguyorama on Thursday May 11, 2023 @03:28PM (#35907214)
The attitude is that over $50 billion a year is stolen as wage theft and nobody does anything about it so businesses feel emboldened to be worse, as well as a general culture of "only doers matter"
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