Government urged to ensure digital workers operate under relevant labour laws
Ghana News Agency, 09 November 2022
Ensure digital workers operate under relevant labour laws – Gov’t urged
News Ghana, 09 November 2022
Government has been urged to step in to enable platform workers to receive the needed recognition under the relevant labour laws and be accorded employment and labour rights.
Ride hailing platform workers complain of poor conditions of service as Fairwork Ghana launches 2022 Ratings
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, 09 November 2022
The poor condition of service of Ride Hailing Drivers, otherwise known as Platform Workers has again come to the fore with a call for improvement.
Ride-hailing drivers, delivery workers hardest hit by inflation – UG & Oxford report
Citi Newsroom, 07 November 2022
A joint report by the University of Ghana Business School and the University of Oxford says ride-hailing drivers and delivery workers have been at the mercy of Ghana’s unbridled rise in inflation.
Drivers on digital platforms earning below minimum wage
Daily Graphic, 06 November 2022
Drivers and riders offering ride-hailing and delivery services using digital platforms are running at a loss and are sometimes unable to earn the minimum wage of GH¢13.53 a day, a research has found.
Amazon’s worker surveillance “leads to extreme stress and anxiety”
The New Statesman, 04 November 2022
Academics have warned MPs that the use of connected tech in the workplace needs to be better regulated.
The Pulse – Zoom session with Dr. Budu
Joy News, 04 November 2022
TV: Joy News - The Pulse – live TV interview (Zoom session with Dr Budu on the Pulse from 44:50s – 55:26sec /)
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
