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Gig Work

  • 10 hours on the road with diabetes and no insurance: Gig work is taking a toll on the elderly

    10 hours on the road with diabetes and no insurance: Gig work is taking a toll on the elderly

    Zuha Siddiqui, Rest of World
    · Sep 22, 2024 · 07:30 pm
  • Gig worker crisis following reduced earnings and flexibility points to need for legal protection

    Gig worker crisis following reduced earnings and flexibility points to need for legal protection

    Shreehari Paliath, IndiaSpend.com
    · Sep 01, 2024 · 07:30 pm
  • How fare-bidding apps, economic woes drove Careem to the margins of Pakistan’s ride-hailing business

    How fare-bidding apps, economic woes drove Careem to the margins of Pakistan’s ride-hailing business

    Zuha Siddiqui, Rest of World
    · Aug 03, 2024 · 07:30 pm
  • In China, women delivery riders grapple with ‘sex work’ label, other stereotypes

    In China, women delivery riders grapple with ‘sex work’ label, other stereotypes

    Xiaohan Li, The Conversation
    · Feb 08, 2024 · 10:00 pm
  • Why gig work platforms must implement India’s workplace sexual harassment law

    Why gig work platforms must implement India’s workplace sexual harassment law

    Geetisha Dasgupta
    · Dec 01, 2023 · 09:00 am
  • How gig work platforms exploit workers while claiming to promote entrepreneurship

    How gig work platforms exploit workers while claiming to promote entrepreneurship

    Chiara Furtado
    · May 27, 2022 · 09:00 am
  • Uber has launched an app that links gig workers with jobs. Is it good news?

    Uber has launched an app that links gig workers with jobs. Is it good news?

    Shainaz Firfiray, The Conversation
    · Nov 08, 2019 · 11:30 pm