by dankeelan | Jun 21, 2021 | Benefits, Featured, Gig Workers
The benefits system is failing independent contractors, freelancers, and gig workers. Then again, it never worked for them in the first place. More workers are moving into the Independent Economy than ever before, with an estimated 68 million individuals in the US...
by dankeelan | Jun 15, 2021 | Featured, Gig Workers, Race
Zero-hours contracts are failing to provide more flexibility to workers and are instead trapping people in low pay, with black and minority workers worse affected. The problem is particular acute for women from black and minority ethnic backgrounds,...
by dankeelan | Jun 15, 2021 | Cybersecurity, Gig Workers
TechRepublic’s Karen Roby spoke with James Christiansen, VP and CSO of Netskope, about cybersecurity concerns with the gig workforce. The following is an edited transcript of their conversation. Karen Roby: We talk about the gig workforce. We’re seeing so...
by dankeelan | Jun 8, 2021 | Gig Workers
The pandemic added food-insecurity to the list of daily struggles gig workers face. In New York City, they’ve banded together to demand better working conditions. On a sunny Saturday in March, Gustavo Ajche and Ligia Guallpa welcomed two dozen food delivery...
by dankeelan | Jun 8, 2021 | Europe, Featured, Gig Workers, Unions
Workers face significant challenges in building collective power in an industry that depends on their atomization. How do you bargain for more when your boss is an app, you’re paid by an algorithm, and you haven’t met your coworkers? How do you beat companies that can...
by dankeelan | Jun 8, 2021 | Europe, Future of Work, Gig Workers
Delivery Hero SE, Glovoapp23 SL, Bolt Technology OU and Wolt have agreed to work on a model for gig economy work in Europe as authorities sharpen their focus on workers’ rights in the sector. The European technology companies, known for their mobility and...
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