I'm interested how you and the GP think it reduces bureaucracy? Surely it's more, now a bunch of "contractors" have to do loads of company admin off the clock.

I'm interested how you and the GP think it reduces bureaucracy? Surely it's more, now a bunch of "contractors" have to do loads of company admin off the clock. It's just a dodge, shifting bureaucracy and costs from a company onto an individual who's being forced to masquerade as a company. And possibly a flash in the pan, it is certainly possible the gig economy will be an illegal working practice in 20 years time in socially progressive countries.