Digital platform work in Pakistan 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. Read Now
Digital platform work in Pakistan The Express Tribune, 21 October 2022 Digital platforms have found ingenious ways to offer goods and services to global consumers Read Now
Gig workers deprived of fair pay, benefits 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. Read Now
Fairwork Ratings Bangladesh 2022 launched Financial Express, 18 October 2022 The Fairwork Ratings Bangladesh 2022 has been launched on October 17, 2022. The report portrays the working condition of the gig workers of Bangladesh working with 9 platforms - Chaldal.com, Foodpanda, Hello Task, HungryNaki, Obhai, Pathao, etc. Read Now
Study: Informal online workers don’t get fair wages Dhaka Tribune, 18 October 2022 As Bangladesh has no national minimum or living wage policies, platforms have no legal obligation to ensure a wage floor. Read Now
App-based economy expands, leaving workers unprotected 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. Read Now
OPINION | RIP gig economy? How platform workers can survive a string of economic shocks News24, 15 October 2022 Platform workers, already more vulnerable to high inflation and high fuel costs, are also more vulnerable to job losses, and those still working are experiencing expenses exceeding their hourly pay. Read Now
Launch event of second Fairwork Bangladesh report on 17 October The Business Standard, 15 October 2022 The Fairwork Report 2022 for Bangladesh is going to launch on October 17. The launch event will take place from 3pm to 5pm at the Brac Centre Inn. Read Now
Biden’s new labor rule tests the gig economy as we know it Quartz, 12 October 2022 The Department of Labor aims to curb the “misclassification” of workers and expand their rights Read Now
‘Gig work’ rule is in Biden administration’s crosshairs, sending DoorDash and Lyft stocks to all-time lows 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. Read Now
Biden Proposal to Make Gig Workers Employees Sinks Uber and Lyft Stock Vice, 11 October 2022 The proposed rule rolls back a Trump administration rule that made it easier to classify workers as independent contractors. Read Now
Gig economy: Making it work Tribune India, 02 October 2022 Food delivery, home cleaning, cab driving or courier service — gig jobs have become a dependable fallback for the huge number of young men and women looking for ways to earn a living. However, as lives get a tad better, the rigmarole gets tougher Read Now