This page offers a compilation of blogs from WageIndicator, Fairwork and Leeds Index
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WageIndicator - Colombian platform Hogarú makes the case for formal, stable, and motivating cleaning work
23 Apr 2024 - Martijn Arets - In Colombia, it appears that cooperation between the government and platform entrepreneurs can lead to better working conditions for vulnerable workers. CEO Juan Sebastián Cadavid of domestic cleaning platform Hogarú explains all about it in The Gig Work Podcast.
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WageIndicator - Navigating the Tax Maze: Challenges and Alternatives in Taxing Gig Platforms
19 Apr 2024 - WageIndicator Intern Reports - The complexities of taxing gig platform transactions and workers: how the intermediary and cross-border nature of platforms, combined with the classification of gig workers as independent contractors, has made traditional tax mechanisms inadequate.
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WageIndicator - R.I.P. Platform Work Directive (and now on the move again)
19 Feb 2024 - Martijn Arets - Last week was the last attempt to get something more of the watered-down European 'platform work directive' off the ground. Unfortunately, once again member states failed to reach an agreement and the future of the Directive looks pretty bad.
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WageIndicator - Floor van Haaren (Cocoroco) on remote customer service, fair pay, and the future of the global labour market
16 Feb 2024 - Martijn Arets - Online talent marketplace Cocoroco is responding in smart ways to the global labour market. In The Gig Work Podcast, platform expert Martijn Arets talks to co-founder Floor van Haaren about fair payment, long-term relationships and the future of the labour market.
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WageIndicator - From Ouishare to WorkerTech: a look back and forward at platforms and the world of work
19 Dec 2023 - Martijn Arets - Albert Cañigueral Bagó is fascinated by technology, platforms and the world of work. How did the sharing and gig economy develop? And what impact does technology have on workers now and in the future? This is what Martijn Arets discusses with him in The Gig Work Podcast
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WageIndicator - Magalí Gurman (Glovo): 'The flexibility of the platform economy does not exclude good working conditions'
29 Nov 2023 - Martijn Arets - Delivery riders connected to platform Glovo do not all get employment contracts, but are covered by the 'Couriers Pledge' in 21 countries. With this, the company promises delivery workers safety, community, equality and a fair income. Why, how does it work and what does a platform worker get out of it? Martijn Arets travelled to Barcelona and spoke to Glovo spokesperson Magalí Gurman.
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WageIndicator - Yes, We Do Resist: The Story of Women Worker’s Struggles and Resistance at Urban Company
17 Nov 2023 - WageIndicator Intern Reports - Urban Company has a large share of women workers who are resisting the platform's unfair practices. WhatsApp groups emerged as an important instrument for struggling.
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Fairwork - Recommendations for the EU Directive on Platform Work
9 Nov 2023 - Current texts on the EU Directive on Platform Work make important strides in guaranteeing better working conditions to platform workers in the EU. Yet, they still fall short in key aspects. Based on ongoing research by the Fairwork project in 38 countries, we propose six key areas that need to be addressed in the future Directive.
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WageIndicator - What Rulings in Favour of Gig Workers Don’t Say
7 Nov 2023 - Court rulings help workers to better define their status and extend their labour rights. Unfortunately, also courts need to deal with some practical issues and what happens when a platform leaves a country instead of hiring its workers as employees.
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WageIndicator - A Level Playing Field for Gig Workers - Testbirds, the Crowdworking Code of Conduct, and Nippy: Ensuring Fairness and Benefits to Workers
31 Oct 2023 - The good practices session of ‘A Level Playing Field for Gig Workers’ gave space to a crowdwork platform, a code of conduct, and a service provider. Examples of how it’s possible to truly contribute to achieving better conditions for workers.
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WageIndicator - A Level Playing Field for Gig Workers - The Real Impact of Protests, Cooperatives, and Regulation
31 Oct 2023 - Effective examples of gig workers being helped regain negotiation power and build a collective voice can be given when monitoring strikes, alternative models of platform economy, and legislation
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WageIndicator - A Level Playing Field for Gig Workers: How Platforms Disrupt the Labour Market and Impact Workers
31 Oct 2023 - The seventh Gig Work webinar by WageIndicator focused on strategies and projects striving to build a balanced relationship between platform workers and companies. Workers should benefit from access to data, economic growth, and AI technologies.
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WageIndicator - Knowledge is power, even in the platform economy. 'If one side has all the data, it can tell the rest whatever it wants.'
20 Sept 2023 - Martijn Arets - British tech expert and Uber driver James Farrar has been championing labour rights in the platform economy for eight years. Often successfully. Platform expert Martijn Arets spoke to him on behalf of the WageIndicator Foundation in The Gig Work Podcast about justice, data and the future of platform work. "Our struggle has only just begun," he said.
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WageIndicator - Towards a workable regulatory environment for Europe's platform economy
28 Aug 2023 - Martijn Arets - More regulation for the platform economy is rapidly emerging. The goal of these new regulations is a fair platform economy for all. What impact do they have? How can we make legislation more workable for all? And how do these lessons help us prepare for new regulations around technology like AI? Independent platform expert Martijn Arets organized the 'Regulating Digital Platforms Working Conference' on behalf of The Hague University of Applied Sciences and together with PwC and Considerati. In this blog, he shares his insights.
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WageIndicator - Super-apps and green jackets: lessons on the gig economy from Indonesia
9 Aug 2023 - Martijn Arets - Super-apps like Grab and Gojek are centralizing and formalizing Indonesia's informal labour market. What problems are associated with this? And what does this teach us about the gig economy worldwide? Martijn Arets explores in The Gig Work Podcast.
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WageIndicator - David against Goliath: Can the Regional Indian Platforms Break the Monopolies of Bigger Giants?
19 Jul 2023 - WageIndicator Intern Reports - Zomato and Swiggy, the top two giants in the Indian food delivery industry, may get some challenges from outsiders.
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WageIndicator - How and why does the platform worker protest? Scientists provide overview and insights
12 Jul 2023 - Martijn Arets - Do you want to know where, when, and how platform workers protest? The Leeds Index of Platform Labour Protest provides answers. In The Gig Work Podcast, Martijn Arets asks the initiators of this project for their key insights for science and practice.
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WageIndicator - The Story of Unionisation in the Mexican Gig Economy
10 Jul 2023 - WageIndicator Intern Reports - Why Mexican gig workers are not keen on unionizing, and what can be done to bring them together
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Fairwork - Fairwork India presents at Rajasthan public meeting on platform work
16 Jun 2023 - A two-day consultation brought together organisations and individuals from various parts of India who work on labour rights and advocate for a legal framework of social security for platform-based gig workers.
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Fairwork - African Platform Manager Workshop: A new strategy of engagement to secure pro-worker changes in the platform economy
16 Jun 2023 - The poor working conditions that have come to characterise the platform economy are not necessary outcomes of technological development. Platforms have significant control over the jobs they mediate, and the power to shape them for the better.
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Fairwork - De-routing from “The Platform Way”: Worker Resistance in Bangladeshi Ride-hailing Platforms
16 Jun 2023 - Author: Ainan Tajrian, Research Manager, Fairwork Bangladesh Ratings 2023; Research Associate, DataSense at iSocial - The ‘Khaep’ phenomenon: why are drivers directly connecting with riders, bypassing the platform and their app-based infrastructure?
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Fairwork - Bangladesh Needs a Policy Framework for a Growing Platform Economy
16 Jun 2023 - Author: Shamarukh Alam, Researcher, Fairwork Bangladesh Ratings 2023; Senior Research Fellow, DataSense at iSocial - Bangladesh has seen significant growth of the platform economy. However, workers on these platforms have had to deal with low wages, poor conditions, and a lack of social security and occupational safety
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WageIndicator - Researchers in action: this is how Fairwork improves working conditions in the platform economy
29 May 2023 - How Fairwork Project strives for real change: Martijn Arets talks with senior researcher and project manager Dr. Funda Ustek Spilda in the new episode of The Gig Work Podcast.
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WageIndicator - The story behind WageIndicator: 25 years of transparency on work and income worldwide
28 Apr 2023 - Martijn Arets - WageIndicator Foundation increases the transparency about work and income worldwide. Martijn Arets of The Gig Work Podcast speaks to co-founder Paulien Osse about this unusual organization's successes, challenges, and goals of this unique organization.
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Farwork - ILO includes an international convention on platform workers on its agenda
24 Apr 2023 - The ILO Governing Body will discuss standards related to decent work on the platform economy during its 2025 Conference. The Global Manifesto for a Fairer Platform Economy and Fairwork Principles provide a good start to listing primary problems faced by platform workers and adequate solutions to solve them.