What Is the Gig Economy? Taken a ride with Uber, had your dinner delivered by DoorDash or sold something on Etsy? If you have, you are a participant in the gig economy. Dictionary.com defines the ...

The gig economy is also especially helpful for those with young families, particularly women, who now have easier access to earning a wage at home or at times that suit them most. Although the figures ...

The gig economy is booming as more companies create space for independent workers to take on contract employment on a freelance, short-term basis. Gig workers, as they are called, are a growing ...

KUALA LUMPUR: Details of the commission to regulate the gig economy expected to impact 1.12 million workers will be announced in the 2024 Budget in October, says Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s gig economy has continued its upward trajectory in 2024, with the number of own-account workers, including gig workers, surpassing three million as of September.

“The gig economy gives you ultimate flexibility,” says Ross Buhrdorf, founder and CEO of ZenBusiness, a company that provides tools to freelancers and entrepreneurs who want to start a busines ...

This statement was delivered by Human Rights Watch at the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) during a panel discussion on the realization of the rights to work and to social security in the informal ...

Wells is the director of research and a senior fellow at Groundwork Collaborative. Ustek Spilda is a senior lecturer in the Department of Digital Humanities at King’s College London. Dana, a 29 ...

If I’m sounding alarm bells about a gig economy running amok, please listen. A Trump-appointed Department of Labor is destined to gut protections for American workers and give all the power to ...