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Proposed $400-million lawsuit argues Uber couriers should be entitled to minimum wage, vacation pay and other protections

Share this article LONDON, Aug. 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Hsoub, a UK based technology company behind the largest Arabic freelancing platforms Mostaql and Khamsat, announced a partnership with Future Work, a Saudi company contracted by the Ministry of Human Resource and Social Development to manage the Kingdoms Freelance Program. In line with Vision 2030, the partnership aims to drive the adoption of new models of work within the Kingdom and build the digital skills of Saudi freelancers. Hso...

How the gig economy is disrupting the region’s startup ecosystem Image courtesy of Shutterstock With 70 million platform workers registered globally, economists predict that by 2025, talent platforms will mediate one third of all labour transactions. Today, these platforms are estimated to make up 1 to 3 per cent of total US employment, or 35 per cent of US workforce, contributing up to $1 trillion to its total economy according to recent statistics. The wave is slowly making its way into ...

Alison Pennington, a senior economist at the Centre for Future Work, pointed to the policy inconsistencies where a student who works part-time and receives Youth Allowance did not qualify for the payment but a wealthy student who lives at home and did not get Youth Allowance (due to their parents’ income) could receive it. More than 1.2 million students, pensioners, disabled people and their carers and the unemployed went without support for four weeks. But, under pressure from welfare groups...

From $17-an-hour McDonald's jobs to reports of employers hungry for workers, Canadian employees may be hoping for higher wages. Can a stimulus jobs boom reverse a 40-year trend?

BBC Question Time returns once again with an hour of topical debate in what has been another eventful week in politics.

The latest on the coronavirus outbreak for June 3.

Emotional connection is the key differentiator between distributed workers succeeding within the company—or losing motivation and eventually leaving. When employees feel engaged, that emotion improves profitability by up to 20-percent, according to Gallup research.

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MONEY BUSINESS Tomorrow’s budget will include a $17.7 billion aged care package to be delivered over four years, which The Australian ($) reports will focus on a workforce initiative “as well as incentives to prop up private residential operators to ensure they remain profitable”. Health and Aged Care Minister Greg Hunt will tomorrow respond to recommendations from last year’s damning royal commission — which the Australia Institute’s Centre for Future Work last week estimated wo...