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In Bangladesh, the platform economy started to expand in 2016 with the arrival of Uber. Since then, digital labour platforms have emerged in many major industries including ride-sharing, transportation, food and grocery delivery, and domestic work.
However, workers on these platforms experience low wages, poor conditions, and a lack of job security. In this year’s Fairwork Bangladesh report, we evaluated conditions at nine prominent platforms: Chaldal, foodpanda, HelloTask, HungryNaki, Obhai, Pathao, Sheba.xyz, Truck Lagbe, and Uber.
This year’s research shows that many of the concerns around pay, working conditions, work contracts, management, and worker representation persist.
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