Events

Much of the labour market in the Global South is mediated by digital platforms.

To gain a better understanding of the differences in opportunities and challenges between this context and the Global North, WageIndicator will host a new webinar on gig work on Friday, 22 March 2024, 11.30 am - 1.30 pm CET.

From a typical Western perspective, the paradigm shift from traditional to platform-based jobs would only lead to high levels of informality and low levels of institutionalisation. But there is more than that.

Zooming in on specific contexts in the Global South and broadening the debate is a must in order to get a complete picture of the phenomenon, which is what this webinar aims to do.

• Location: Zoom
• Date: March 22, 2024

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Ride-hailing drivers, delivery couriers, and freelance contractors, frequently face challenges related to low pay, lack of benefits, and job insecurity.

Since 2014, the WageIndicator Foundation has been providing Living Wage estimates for wage-earners based on its cost of living database, currently covering 164 countries.

Now, in partnership with GIZ, the Centre for Labour Research, and WageIndicator teams in Kenya and Indonesia, WageIndicator is launching the Living Tariff tool to help gig workers accurately assess their wage requirements.

• Location: Zoom
• Date and time: November 30, 2023 | 2 pm CET

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How can a level playing field be created in the platform economy, for example through collective bargaining, worker representation, alternative ownership and governance and similar solutions?

In this webinar, we want to explore the exact problem and analyze the different strategies to give workers their negotiation power back and let them build a collective voice. We also want to search for best practises of initiatives and individuals worldwide that are successfully working in the gig economy with this purpose. To conclude with a roadmap to a gig economy that works for all.

• Location: Zoom
• Date and time: October 27, 2023 | 2 pm - 3.30 pm CEST

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The Fairwork Cloudwork report 2023 evaluates the working conditions of 15 web-based platforms providing services related to microwork and online freelancing. It finds that online work platforms are still far from safeguarding basic standards of decent work.

During the event, Fairwork Director, Prof Mark Graham, and the report's lead researcher, Dr Jonas Valente, presented the main findings.

Read the report

How can companies make gig work safer and more accessible for women and gender minorities?

During the launch of Fairwork's first global 'Gender and Platform Work' report, researchers shared the report's findings and demonstrate how the project’s research fits into wider discussions around feminist development policy and the future of work.

Fairwork’s 'Gender and Platform Work' report is based on research into working conditions which spans 4 years, 38 countries, over 180 unique platforms, and interviews with more than 5000 platform workers.

Read the report

This webinar focused on female domestic workers' opportunities and challenges on digital platforms.WageIndicator invited a pool of high-profile speakers who shared their research and practical solutions.

Watch Women in Gig Work recordings

The most actual topics around payment in the world of platforms: algorithms and data transparency, real pay and minimum wages,  living hourly rates for freelancers, the gender pay gap, fair pay principles.

Watch Grip on Pay recordings

This webinar deepened the impact that platform economy has both on physical migrations and telemigration (alias “telecommuting from abroad”: digital workers with the opportunity to work with companies and customers from anywhere in the world).

Watch 'Migration and telemigration' recordings

What has been the real impact of approved and deployed regulations? Are there better alternatives to traditional regulation? A follow-up of our previously organized ‘Gig Economy Around the World’ event.

Learn more about 'Theory & Practice in the Global World of Platforms'

WageIndicator presented the results of ‘Decent Rights & Pay in the Gig Economy’ project: more than 3,000 surveys collected among the gig workers around the world.

Check 'Gig Conference' Program and Results

• Frequently asked Questions about the Gig or Platform Economy
• Platform Company - Rights and Pay
• Case studies in the Platform Economy
• Court Cases Overview
• Rights of Platform Workers