The gig economy hasn’t exactly had the best of press. In fact the model, in which people pick up work on a job-by-job basis, usually through an app or online platform, has barely been out of the spotlight lately: Uber has been subject of court cases and protests for its treatment of workers, who don’t have the same rights as regular employees, while food delivery firm Deliveroo caused consternation for popping a clause into its contracts banning workers from contesting their self-employed status at employment tribunals.