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Labour laws must recognise digital platform workers – Fairwork Ghana

B&FT Online, 15 June 2022

According to the Ghana chapter of Fairwork, a global network of researchers that evaluates the working conditions of digital platforms, it is critical for government to broaden existing labour laws...

Gig Economy Project – Work and resistance in Germany’s platform economy: Interview with Oğuz Alyanak

Brave New Europe, 12 June 2022

What’s distinctive about Germany’s platform economy? How are platform workers in the country organising themselves to fight for better working conditions? The Gig Economy Project spoke to Oğuz Alyanak, Fair Work researcher in Berlin, to find out.

Reinugungskräfte als Gig-Worker: So sind die Arbeitsbedingungen

Moment Magazine, 09 June 2022

Wer eine Reinigungskraft im Internet sucht, landet auf der Plattform ExtraSauber. Wie gut sind die Bedingungen dort für die Arbeiter:innen? Das zeigt eine neue Studie, die auch Essenlieferanten Mjam und Lieferando unter die Lupe genommen hat.

Oxford study highlights best gig economy firms to work for

Personnel Today, 09 June 2022

Only three of the UK’s most well-known digital labour platforms – Getir, Gorillas and Pedal Me – ensure their workers earn the minimum wage, a new study suggests.

Digital economy workers call for action to stop exploitation

News Ghana, 03 June 2022

Stakeholders in the digital labour platforms economy have called for a comprehensive inter-agency engagement to share and implement initiatives that would benefit all sides and remove perceived exploitation of workers.

Bolt drivers in Nigeria are illicitly selling their accounts, putting passengers at risk

rest of world, 01 June 2022

Our investigation found Bolt drivers selling verified accounts to unknown third parties via Facebook groups — even as crimes against passengers spike.

Fairwork calls for reforms in the working conditions of digital labour platforms in Ghana

GhanaWeb, 31 May 2022

Brasileiros viram ‘bots humanos’ em fazendas de clique por menos de 1 centavo

Folha de S. Paulo, 21 May 2022

Com contas falsas, usuários são pagos para turbinar perfis na internet; prática viola termos das redes

„Da geht es nur ums schnelle Geld“

Rheinische Post, 19 May 2022

Düsseldorf. Lieferdienste versprechen Essen auf die Couch in nur zehn Minuten - wie aber geht es den Kurieren? Ein Flink-Fahrer aus Düsseldorf berichtet.

O Custo Da Sua Faxina

The Intercept, 12 May 2022

Faxineira deixa até 64% do valor pago pelo cliente com o aplicativo

How to make „platform“ work fairer for the workers

FM4, 11 May 2022

Interview with Martin Gruber-Risak about the Fairwork Austria Ratings 2022 and the shortcoming in labour rights of delivery, ride-hailing and cleaning platforms in Austria

Trabalho por aplicativo deve ser regulado, dizem 87% dos paulistanos

Folha de S. Paulo, 30 April 2022

Quase 9 em 10 moradores da cidade de São Paulo são favoráveis a regular aplicativos de transporte e entrega para dar proteção aos entregadores e motoristas, aponta levantamento do instituto Locomotiva para o projeto Fairwork, da Universidade Oxford.