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It's Not Just the Gig Economy — Precarious Work Is Everywhere


It's not (just) about jobs: education for economic wellbeing

... work, the grey economy and precarious employment. ... The Value of Everything: Making and Taking in the Global Economy ... The Gig Economy: A Critical Introduction.

The Gig Economy: Making It Work - Artquest

The gig economy, self-employment and, freelancing – a world often found in creative industries such as the visual arts. The instability of work is a reality ...

The health of workers in the global gig economy

... working multiple jobs. Gig work is precarious, meaning it is often low paid, temporary, provides no training, health, or retirement benefits ...

THE ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF THE GIG ECONOMY

platform-mediated gig work is precarious insofar as it is marked by unstable pay, job insecurity, ... of investment in which hard work is meant to secure not just ...

Young people and the gig economy

not change with the gig work intensity, even though ... share of gig workers does not decrease smoothly ... Note: The graph covers median earnings for all gig ...

Gender and the gig economy - EU Agenda

At the same time, forms of precarious employment, such as gig work, have become further entrenched in labour markets. As a result, those workers not in wage and ...

Gig Work and the Pandemic: Looking for Good Pay from Bad Jobs ...

Gig Work as Precarious Work. Precarity is at the ... Gig work is often precarious work: it ... gig economy, we also do not attempt to generalize to all gig workers.

Ontario must combat precarious gig work - TVO Today

OPINION: Companies like DoorDash are skilled at outmanoeuvring labour standards. But it is possible to protect workers from predatory ...

The Gig Economy - Free

Work that is precarious. (unstable or uncertain) is 'not necessarily new or novel to the current era; it has existed since the launch of paid employment as a.

How Gig Workers Are Bearing the Brunt of the Global Economic Crisis

... precarious position when they don't have labor rights. “They're changing the law to implement their model legally, to carve them out of labor ...

What does the gig economy mean for you? - University of Oxford

... only these people work remotely from anywhere in the world, supporting digital labour, such as transcription and editing. Even these workers ...

Profits Uber everything? The gig economy and the morality ... - CORE

In effect, Lyft is no longer allowing some of its drivers to start work from locations the company considers less busy as they would then need to pay a minimum ...

Working on Your Own: Precarious Labor in the Gig Economy

When anyone can be a cabdriver, no one can earn a living as a cabdriver. Digital feudalism creates a system where we need to earn more money to ...

The Routledge Handbook of the Gig Economy - 1st Edition

Research on the growth of the precarious economy is of signifi cant interest as the economy increasingly becomes dependent on gig work.

What Is The Gig Economy & Is It Hurting Workers? - Ethical Unicorn

... only pay when work is available, avoiding staff costs when there's no demand. There's also an argument that gig jobs can be helpful on a ...

The 'flexible' gig economy is not such a great option for women after all

I am everything. ... it's no work no pay there. I wasn't active ... Women workers the world over are facing the negative effects of precarious ...

How is the rise of the gig economy influencing traditional wage ...

For instance, in 2022, it was reported that about 36% of U.S. workers engaged in some form of gig work, significantly transforming the ...

What is the 'gig' economy? - BBC News

According to one definition, it is "a labour market characterised by the prevalence of short-term contracts or freelance work, as opposed to ...

Understanding the Gig Economy's Shortcomings and Opportunities

The growth analysed here does not factor in the influence of digital labour platforms on the broader economy. Link to footnote. Pesole, A ...

The Gig Economy: A Lifeline for Latin American Migrants

Venezuelan migrants are adapting to precarious jobs. A survey asked refugees about the jobs they had at home, and what they are doing now.