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Report: Bolt and Amazon Flex among worst employers for UK gig workers 6 days ago183 Views Oxford University’s Fairwork Foundation is calling for stronger protection for UK gig workers after examining 11 popular platforms. Researchers at Oxford University’s Fairwork Foundation have examined some of the best and worst practices in the gig economy in a new report. Their findings on the pay, working conditions and more at 11 major online platforms – including Amazon Flex, Deliveroo and Uber – have pushed them to call for more regulation for freelance workers in the UK....

The government can make history by initiating reforms leading to a fairer platform economy in Pakistan The last decade saw a massive growth in the platform economy. According to a 2021 ILO report, online web-based platforms have tripled and taxi and delivery platforms have grown almost ten-fold. Fair-work Foundation estimates the size of the world’s gig economy to be between 14 and 55 million workers, with the upper number increasing to 440 million workers, when country-specific estimates are considered. The gig economy or platform economy is a combination of online/digital marketplaces eng...

Digital platforms have provided pathways for many in Africa’s informal job sector to move into more “formal” alternatives, pushing governments to shape nascent labour markets in new ways. Like policymakers in the rest of the world, African policymakers are also grappling with regulating new employment types that stem from the digital economy. And a new, pending case in South Africa against ride-sharing giant Uber might set global standards if local courts use this invaluable opportunity to decide about the nature of these novel work arrangements. Innovations are transforming the way we ...

Tribune Web Desk Chandigarh, December 18 Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut has slammed a food delivery service for attacking her during her Twitter feud with Punjabi singer and actor Diljit Dosanjh. Kangana noticed that the company's Twitter account "played referee between" the Punjabi singer and the actor's online war.  Kangana took to the microblogging website, and accused the company of "bullying and supporting offensive" Twitter trends against her.   She added in Hindi, “Hum ek industry mein kaam karte hain, aaj ladenge kal ek ho jayenge. Tum apna dekho, humare chakkar mein sadak pe mat...

Tribune Web Desk Chandigarh, December 18 Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut has slammed a food delivery service for attacking her during her Twitter feud with Punjabi singer and actor Diljit Dosanjh. Kangana noticed that the company's Twitter account "played referee between" the Punjabi singer and the actor's online war.  Kangana took to the microblogging website, and accused the company of "bullying and supporting offensive" Twitter trends against her.   She added in Hindi, “Hum ek industry mein kaam karte hain, aaj ladenge kal ek ho jayenge. Tum apna dekho, humare chakkar mein sadak pe mat...