Gig companies like Uber often promote the freedom that comes with independent contractor arrangements. They talk less about the impact that pay volatility can have on workers’ health.
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What a ‘gig worker’ is remains ill-defined, which can suit employers. But the spread of the gig economy means more workers don’t have the same rights and protections as employees.
Gig workers navigate the challenges of solo work by seeking out relationships and cultivating skills to cope with emotional turbulence
‘Career portfolioing’ is a trend where people assemble different sources of income, such as side gigs, to give them a measure of independence from employers who provide little job security.
Alternative working arrangements like gig platforms might help immigrant workers find temporary work, but many care professionals are still unable to find permanent jobs in their industry.
The pay gap is growing in UK, which has seen increased strike activity this year.
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Innovation in the digital space is not necessarily working for people in the global south.
The Uber Files leak reveals that the company embarked on a deliberate public relations strategy that involved the media, public officials and academics.
Digital platform work is often seen to suit workers’ skills, interests and schedules. But it comes at a cost to their economic security and control over the work process.
Our five years of research reveals an industry facing push back from both workers and customers. Many workers we spoke with sought to leave the gig economy.
Rating services on ride and task apps disadvantage gig workers, whose future work assignments are affected by their ratings. Women workers are made vulnerable, and have to contend with harassment.
Uber Australia’s deal with the transport workers union signals the Albanese government won’t mess about with attempts to reclassify gig workers as employees.
Uber, the poster company of the gig economy, has agreed its Australian workers deserve more employee-like conditions. Why it has done this now isn’t too hard to work out.
When it comes to dealing with Uber’s difficult working conditions, Uber drivers are on their own.
The use of “gamification” in stock trading and other apps raises new legal challenges. Existing legal tools should be adapted to meet these challenges.
A trial in France revealed how the platform’s algorithm established a subordination relationship between riders and the firm. Could we be witnessing the beginning of the end of “uberisation”?
A recent study highlights the precarious world of rideshare and delivery drivers during the pandemic, and their struggle to be heard as non-unionised contractors.
Feudalism has been replaced by capitalism, and the new villeiny — or neo-villeiny — has emerged to reflect a relationship between a worker and an organization.
New legislation could strengthen the social contract between workers and platforms.
Gig workers are more stressed than other types of workers. Two experts explain coping strategies that are likely to help, and which to avoid.
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Professor Emeritus, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
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Senior Lecturer - Management and Organisations, UWA Business School, The University of Western Australia
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Senior Lecturer and DECRA Fellow, University of Sydney
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Senior lecturer, The University of Western Australia
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Associate professor, Human Resources & Management, McMaster University
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Associate Professor UTS Centre for Business and Social Innovation, University of Technology Sydney
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Assistant Professor of Business Administration, University of Manitoba
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Associate Professor of HR and Management, McMaster University
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Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration and Integration, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Michael and Susan Jandernoa Professor of Management and Organizations, University of Michigan
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Assistant Professor of Business & Society, Simon Fraser University
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PhD candidate, Industrial Relations and Human Resources, University of Toronto
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Professor of Sociology, Boston College
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Associate Professor, Entrepreneurship and Organization, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Assistant Professor, Organizational Behaviour, University of The Fraser Valley
