Martin Lewis issues warning to Brits earning extra income from side hustles

Martin Lewis issues warning to Brits with a side hustle Source: ITV

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00:00The main story that everyone's going about, which will be a small number of people,

00:03is someone having three jobs at three different councils,

00:05thinking they're all full-time, working from home and being all of them.

00:08I think that's very different to, you know, some of the stuff we talk about,

00:13you know, whether it's making money from playing a game on a mobile phone

00:17or doing surveys or making extra money by doing competitions and entering those.

00:23I mean, ultimately, though, people have to be careful.

00:25If you're paid to do a job of work and you're paid for hours

00:27or you're paid for productivity, then if you don't do that,

00:29you can expect to lose your job.

00:31And worse, if you have a contract that says you can't work for somebody else and do,

00:36then you can expect potentially to be sued if you don't do so.

00:38So people need to be careful.

00:40There's nothing wrong with side hustles.

00:41There's nothing wrong with boosting your income.

00:43But you need to understand what your contractual obligations are with your employer.