Women and non-binary gig workers: the GigKiln hub
Sponsor policy: NO sponsor placement per Kiln safety policy.
Why this cluster exists
Platform guides rarely talk about bodies. Uber, Deliveroo, Amazon Flex, Just Eat and Stuart all treat their drivers and riders as self-employed, which is legally convenient and practically useless when you are bleeding through a pad in a car with no toilet, pumping breast milk in a layby between Flex blocks, or being deadnamed by every customer the app shows your old photo to. This hub covers the stuff that should be boring admin but is not, because the platforms have not built it in and the law sits in a grey zone most of the time.
It is written for women, non-binary gig workers and trans workers who have to do this job in a body that the platform pretends is not there. It is blunt, worker-side, and UK-specific for the 2025 to 26 tax year.
What is in the hub
There are seven sub-pages. Each one is a standalone read, but several link to each other because the issues overlap.
Harassment, stalking, assault and reporting for female and non-binary Uber, Deliveroo and Amazon Flex workers. Named support services.
Physical safety, Equality Act rights, Maternity Allowance timing and platform reality for pregnant UK gig riders, drivers and couriers.
The 26-in-66 rule, Class 2 NI, 27 to 194.32 a week, Universal Credit interaction and why Shared Parental Leave shuts you out.
Hot flushes, brain fog, Equality Act protection and practical shift planning for menopausal and perimenopausal UK gig workers.
Cramps, heavy bleeding, toilet access rights under HSE welfare rules, pain management and period poverty for UK gig workers.
Pumping between shifts, dashcam privacy, ERA 1996 grey area and where to actually express milk for UK gig drivers and riders.
Deed poll, ID updates, Equality Act 2010 gender reassignment protection, deadnaming on apps and hate crime reporting.
How to use this hub
If you are dealing with something right now, go straight to the relevant page. Every page ends with named services and phone numbers. If you are planning, read the hub in order: safety first, then pregnancy and maternity if relevant, then the body-cycle pages, then trans-specific content if it applies to you.
Nothing on these pages is legal advice. It is plain-English explanation of rules, platform behaviour and practical options, backed by HSE, GOV.UK, Acas, EHRC, Supreme Court cases and named charities. When you need advice on your specific case, use the services listed on each page.
Why there are no sponsors here
Every other part of GigKiln can carry sponsor content. This hub does not. Safety, pregnancy and harassment pages cannot be next to a "great car deal" or an insurance ad, because that breaks the trust the content exists to build. The one narrow exception is the pregnancy page, which can carry vetted financial content from a trusted accountant or income protection source if it genuinely helps, not random banner ads.
Where the law actually helps you
Some of what you will read on these pages is bleak. The legal underpinnings, though, are real. Equality Act 2010 covers sex, age, disability, pregnancy and maternity, and gender reassignment. HSE welfare rules cover toilet access for mobile workers. Uber BV v Aslam [2021] UKSC 5 makes Uber drivers "workers" for core rights. That means platforms cannot simply shrug and say self-employed. They lose more of that argument every year.