Human Rights in the Gig Economy and the Courier Sector

By 2025, an estimated 43 million people across the EU will be working through digital labour platforms.

Over 26 million of these will be classified as self-employed. Cristina Talens, Head of the Risk Assessment Service at the University of Hull's Wilberforce Institute, will explore the risks associated with the gig economy and courier services, and provide an update on how this rapidly growing sector could be better regulated in the future.

This online session is part the Wilberforce Business Academy, set up to provide businesses and third-sector organisations with practical training on how to apply due diligence and best practices in the recruitment and management of workers across global supply chains.

The programme is led by Cristina Talens, a social auditor with 25 years’ international experience in labour, human rights and ethical trading.

We will close the session with a Q&A, where participants will have the opportunity to raise their own queries about labour and human rights issues.