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.
What is the gig economy and what's the deal for gig workers?
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 new EU rules address the employee rights of gig workers, acknowledging roles undertaken on digital platforms, from delivery drivers to microworkers.
Here's how new EU rules propose to make gig work fairer? | World ...
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 ...
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 ...