Brexit would be better for UK workers, Boris Johnson promised. But will it?

Analysis: The Brussels effect' means British firms may adopt ambitious EU employment rights for gig economy workers

• Gig economy workers to get employee rights under EU plans

The European Commission's plans to protect people in precarious jobs in the gig economy could be the most ambitious extension of workers' rights from Brussels since Britain left the EU.

If adopted, the plans would mean that gig economy companies, such as Uber and Deliveroo, would have to treat workers as employees with minimum wages (where they exist), sick pay, holidays and better accident insurance, unless they could prove that drivers and couriers were genuinely self-employed.