This chapter deals with the question of whether labour standards are less relevant or more relevant for the new world of work which is vastly different from the old world of work when most labour standards were first established. The various rationales for labour standards are first outlined....

Both casual and gig-based work arrangements have been subject to unprecedented levels of attention recently. This is mainly due to the widely-reported usage by many well-known corporate employers of controversial ‘zero-hours' work contracts, the recent spate of well-publicised tribunal and...