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• ‘So immoral’: gig economy workers forced to pay fee to receive their wages

  11-01-2025 18:00
  
  Retail assistants on low pay using YoungOnes platform docked cash or told to wait up to 30 days for earnings Retail assistants have accused a gig economy firm of “holding them to ransom” by making them pay a fee if they want to receive their wages within a month.A new payment system brought in by YoungOnes, which supplies “freelance” retail assistants to many well-known high street stores, charges gig workers 4.8% of their earnings to be paid in one minute or 2.9% to be p
  
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• ‘So immoral’: gig economy workers charged fee to get paid quicker

  11-01-2025 18:00
  
  Retail assistants on low pay using YoungOnes platform told to wait up to 30 days for earnings or be charged for quick paymentRetail assistants have accused a gig economy firm of “holding them to ransom” by making them pay a fee if they want to receive their wages within 30 days.A new payment system brought in by YoungOnes, which supplies “freelance” retail assistants to many well-known high street stores, charges gig workers 4.8% of their earnings to be paid in one minute
  
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