A new perspective emerged from a study published in the Journal of Management Science and Engineering: algorithmic control is not merely a "negative management tool". Instead, its three-dimensional ...

For millions of gig workers driving for companies such as Uber Eats, DoorDash and Deliveroo, there is no human manager to call, no supervisor to appeal to and no office to walk into. Decisions about ...

The U.S. Department of Labor has proposed repealing a Biden-era rule that affects worker classification, favoring a standard ...

The Department of Labor proposed a rule on Tuesday that would make it easier for employers to classify workers as independent ...

Journalist Ghada Alsharif worked undercover as an Uber Eats courier in Toronto to expose the harsh realities of ...

On New Year’s Eve this year, while much of urban India was preoccupied with countdowns, celebrations, and the familiar ritual of drawing a line under the past twelve months, a more consequential ...

(New York) – Governments negotiating a new global treaty on gig work should strengthen the draft text to ensure fair wages and social security for these workers and protect them from exploitative ...

Learn how current platform work laws in India only focus on the symptoms, and how they must move beyond reactive social security.

The most appealing aspect of the gig economy is its potential to address the growing divide between job seekers and jobs generated annually. It offers an entry to the unskilled labour force, ...