by dankeelan | May 5, 2026 | Featured, Gig Workers, India
By 2030, India will have over 23 million gig workers. Most of them will have no formal contract, no social security and no guaranteed income. This is not a future risk. It is already the reality. India is in the middle of a structural shift in how work is defined and...
by dankeelan | Apr 28, 2026 | Featured, Gig Workers, Healthcare
In the late 2000s, surging unemployment during the financial crash gave rise to the gig economy, later supercharged by the emergence of ride-sharing and food-delivery apps. Almost two decades later, gig work is as big as it’s ever been, and is creeping into one of the...
by dankeelan | Apr 21, 2026 | California, Featured, Gig Workers
The highest gas prices in the country are making it tougher for some gig drivers to make a living. Gas prices have shot up amid the war in the Middle East. On average, California gas prices are the most expensive in the United States, according to data from the...
by dankeelan | Apr 21, 2026 | Featured, Gig Workers
App-based gig work is not the flexible, self-directed job it’s cracked up to be, according to a new report from the Community Service Society. The economic security-focused nonprofit’s annual survey captured a swath of hundreds of gig workers, who described...
by dankeelan | Apr 14, 2026 | Europe, Featured, Gig Workers
Every day, food-delivery workers cross Paris and Bordeaux in all weather, working long hours for pay well below France’s minimum wage. For most, this work provides their only source of income. A new survey of around 1,000 workers in France who deliver food for...
by dankeelan | Apr 7, 2026 | Gig Workers, Taxes, Tips
About 1 in 10 American workers are earning a living as a gig worker. That means they find their customers through Lyft, DoorDash, TaskRabbit and other digital platforms, or do another form of what the IRS and others call “on-demand work.” As a certified public...
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