How will new ways of working impact productivity?

An August 2018 poll suggests 70% of people would prefer the security of being a full-time employee over the flexibility of a gig contract (being paid to do a specific task).[1] And while we hear about portfolio workers and the gig economy, there is a simple fact: ONS labour market statistics show 85% of UK workers are fully employed (including 7m part-time workers) and 15% (4.85m) are self-employed.[2] The ratio of employed to self-employed has not changed since 2015, despite the total number of people in employment rising by over a million in that time. Additionally, the number of wo...