What is the gig economy and what's the deal for gig workers?
The global gig economy is expanding rapidly, offering an opportunity to reimagine work models while prioritizing inclusion, resilience and well-being. Empowering gig workers is crucial to sustain the model and requires collaborative action from platforms, governments and worker organizations to ensure fairer outcomes for all. Asia, at the epicentre of the gig economy’s growth, is uniquely ...
Gig workers are often treated as individual businesses who should compete against one another. But it is once they come together as colleagues that they can collectively bring about better wages and working conditions. 4) Finally, the real future of the gig economy that we should be looking to is one characterised by democratic ownership.
The gig economy has become an essential income source for a growing number of workers on both sides of the Atlantic. Currently, gig workers have to make a trade-off between the flexibility and tax benefits that gig work brings, and the social protections and support mechanisms that traditional employees benefit from. Policies can be implemented to level standards and working conditions across ...
The new EU rules address the employee rights of gig workers, acknowledging roles undertaken on digital platforms, from delivery drivers to microworkers.
AOL: Young gig workers are selling or renting their profiles for extra income, report finds
A chunk of young gig workers are selling or renting their user accounts on rideshare and food delivery apps for extra cash, allowing others to possibly bypass verification processes and perform ...
Young gig workers are selling or renting their profiles for extra income, report finds
A new report by the Community Service Society is calling for state-level protections for gig workers from algorithmic management.
The New Republic: Trump Is Quietly Showing His True Feelings About Gig Workers
Yahoo: AI gig workers forced to collect personal data, including kid's pics, for Zuckerberg-backed company
Now, gig workers are revealing what it's really like to train artificial intelligence for a company backed by Mark Zuckerberg. According to the Guardian, contractors working for Scale AI, which is ...
AI gig workers forced to collect personal data, including kid's pics, for Zuckerberg-backed company
The gig economy today is huge - but the system isn't always rigged in its workers' favour. Here are four strategies that could make things fairer for those on the freelance frontline
The Hill: 50 gig workers killed on the job in the last five years: study
50 gig workers killed on the job in the last five years: study
The Hill: Survey: 1 in 5 gig workers unsatisfied with their job
About 20 percent of gig workers in the United States are unhappy with their job, according to a new report. Skynova, which offers invoicing software to small businesses, surveyed more than 1,000 gig ...
Business Insider: Nearly half of gig workers sell or share accounts for driving and making deliveries — highlighting a big security risk
Some gig workers are selling or renting their accounts to others, a new TransUnion survey found. The practice goes against the terms of service for Uber, DoorDash ...
Nearly half of gig workers sell or share accounts for driving and making deliveries — highlighting a big security risk
The gig economy is growing. It uses digital platforms to connect freelancers with customers to provide short-term services or asset-sharing. Here's what you need to know.
Digital labour platforms are reshaping work, from side hustles to AI-driven jobs, as the ILO meets to discuss the future of the gig economy - and other jobs news to know.
The future of the gig economy, and other jobs news this month | World ...
The gig economy: how to make it more fair in 4 steps
More than ever we need a gig economy that works for everyone
The gender pay gap is far worse for women who freelance than for those in full-time employment, a US study shows. Men working in some sectors of the gig economy charge an average of 48% more than women. Accounting and consulting is the sector with the widest pay gap for freelancers. Unequal pay contributes to gender disparities which will take 132 years to address at the current rate of ...
Gender pay gaps far worse for women in the gig economy, says study ...
Here's how new EU rules propose to make gig work fairer? | World ...
Being your own boss might look like an increasingly attractive option. But what are the downsides to going freelance and joining the gig economy? This video by the World Economic Forum and TED-Ed explains.
Should you go freelance? What to know about the gig economy | World ...
Flexible workers have been crucial during the pandemic but they often don't have a financial safety net. Can digital platforms offer them the protection they desperately need?
How can we measure the gig economy? - The World Economic Forum
City & State New York: Report: Gig work has become a full-time, closely monitored gig
Gig work offers flexibility and boomed during the pandemic; however, some have complained about low wages with few benefits.
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