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Bookmark or Share- What is the gig economy and what's the deal for gig workers?While gig-economy workers often eschew the rights offered to employees on the payroll, in February 2021 a UK court found that drivers for a car ride-hailing app were entitled to benefits including paid holidays, a minimum wage and a pension. Court rulings in other countries could potentially set a precedent for the gig economy as a whole.
- Financial protection for gig economy workers benefits everyone. Here's whyProjected gross volume of the gig economy ($ billions). Image: Mastercard and Kaiser Associates study. In Europe, we found through additional research that around 1 in 10 of the total workforce earns income through non-traditional means — with the majority being freelance workers and around 15% being platform-based gig workers.
- Why we need a gig economy that works for everyone - The World Economic ...The gig economy has become an essential income source for a growing number of workers on both sides of the Atlantic. Currently, gig workers have to make a trade-off between the flexibility and tax benefits that gig work brings, and the social protections and support mechanisms that traditional employees benefit from.
- The gig economy is changing the way we work. Now regulation must catch ...A polarized debate has emerged around this last trend in particular, the so-called “gig economy”. For example, there are extreme views on whether these are wholly new earning opportunities or whether these platforms are creating a new, insecure, “precariat”.
- A new kind of company is revolutionising Africa's gig economyThe ‘gig economy’, a new concept in developed markets, has been the norm in developing economies for decades. By 2035, Africa will contribute more people to the workforce each year than the rest of the world combined.
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