The Express Tribune, 21 October 2022
Digital platforms are the latest form of Internet-enabled technologies which have found ingenious ways to offer goods and services to global consumers. Digital platforms have made their way into poorer countries like our own as well.
The Daily Star, 18 October 2022
he majority of workers in Bangladesh's gig economy do not receive fair pay, benefits or even a contract from online platforms, revealing the awful situation in ensuring the rights of those workers, according to a recent study.
The Business Standard, 17 October 2022
The growing popularity of on-demand online booking for a wide range of services – from ride sharing to repairing tasks or house help – or e-commerce orders is causing a mushrooming growth of relevant online platforms in the country.
Quartz, 12 October 2022
The Department of Labor aims to curb the “misclassification” of workers and expand their rights
MarketWatch, 12 October 2022
Labor Department proposes new rule that could change the status of many workers from independent contractors to employees, sending shares in companies that built their business models on contractor workforce plunging.
Vice, 11 October 2022
The proposed rule rolls back a Trump administration rule that made it easier to classify workers as independent contractors.
The Citizen, 12 September 2022
The study finds that these workers continue to face insufficient wages, unfair working conditions and lack of benefits.
Jacobin, 10 September 2022
Migrant workers have served as the foundation for Germany’s rapid economic growth in the postwar years, but the benefits of growth have not been evenly distributed. Today, precarious workers are pushing back against Germany’s exclusionary system.
Africa.com, 09 September 2022
The fourth annual ratings of working conditions in the South African platform economy finds platform workers continue to face insufficient wages, unfair working conditions and a lack of benefits and protections afforded to employees.
Business Insider, 08 September 2022
South Africa's 'gig workers' are under increasing strain. This is according to the fourth annual Fairwork report compiled by Oxford University and the University of Cape Town (UCT).
IOL, 08 September 2022
Most workers reported transportation costs as the biggest contributor to their work-related expenses.
Journal Online, 05 September 2022
Labor conditions of platform workers in the country will be presented in the Fairwork Philippines Ratings 2022, a report that assesses nine of the country’s largest digital labor platforms.
