Work Platform Airtasker News Today

its 7:00 in the morning in singapore, and 4am —— 5am in pakistan where the government says a third of the country is now under water. millions of homes are now destroyed and much of its richest farmland is now flooded. the disaster has killed over 1,100 people and affected 33 million and the catastrophe isnt over — water is still surging down the indus river and will flood the low—lying sindh province even further over the next few days. latest reports say 45% of the countrys c...

wherever you arejoining me from around the world, once again a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. you know, we have seen lots of massive disruptions to the global economy in the last few years. the pandemic shut the world down and now war and sanctions are driving prices up. but before covid, the world of workers was going through another disruption and a digital one at that. technology companies were launching platforms like uber, justeat and deliveroo where people could work f...

I think this is an extremely important issue to be human centred. the economy is not for its own safety, the economy is also at the end for people links are coming i think this is an extremely important issue to be human—centred. the economy is not for its own safety, the economy is also at the end for people. thanks for coming on the show, ill talk to you soon. lets talk about one company that is doing particularly well, airtasker. it operates in the likes of australia, the us in the uk. it s...

Thing about airtasker is we are a marketplace. we believe that our users should follow the law just as they would if they were connected by any other form. just because something is done on airtasker doesnt mean you dont have the same responsibilities that you have any other kind of platform or environment. do you see certainly in the near future that regular old fashion ways of employing people, do you see that dying out? no. i think that full—time and permanent employment is absolutely going...

Lets go and take a look at what is on the show. the cost of living is going up, so are the numbers of us taking on super temporary work. if you have hailed an uber or ordered food from an app, the person who delivered it was working in the so—called gig economy. more than the quarter of the world work in temporary employment. so what does this massive disruption means forjobs, and society? im going to be talking the gig economy with these two. there they are. the boss of the australian—based...

Will that have to be born by taxpayers, do you think rather than employers? i think all of those problems that have been things like making sure that people save money or making sure that people can be compensated when they are not able to work. they are all problems that exist in both permanent full—time work but also in the flexible labour economy and on the gig economy. so i think those are all problems which we should be aiming to solve over time. certainly at airtasker we have our thinkin...