Game development People Not paid through PAYE and is in the workplace which, despite initial responsible for their National fears around the effect of Brexit, only Insurance and tax, or sums appears to be getting stronger. GWU will be deducted by a client aims to offer support and information under IR35 rules. to employees in the gaming industry Key rights attached: about their employment rights. Health and safety rights. This could be: Extra rights and responsibilities set indirectly through resources out in the terms of contract with and literature relating to several their client, but no right to holiday issues such as harassment and pay and in some cases, protected discrimination in the workplace against discrimination. directly by accompanying Understanding the differences employees (even those who aren’t between employment categories a member of GWU or any union) is critical when analysing the to certain internal meetings; for changing UK worker environment example, all employees in the UK as many gig economy workers fall are entitled to be accompanied into a grey area between self- by a union official to a grievance employed and worker, or sometimes or disciplinary meeting and worker and employee, which tends some redundancy consultation to lead to controversy while legal meetings, or categorisation catches up directly through offering invaluable with the reality of disruptive backing to employee claims; as working practices. with the employment status cases mentioned above, unions often Enforcing existing employee rights offer financial and legal backing The UK’s employment regulation to employees to allow them to landscape offers a considerable bring a claim that they wouldn’t amount of protection to employees otherwise have been able to. 55