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A roundtable held in Delhi on Thursday (May 15, 2025) on digital platform-based work in the country has recommended minimum wages, social security, and legal protections for gig and platform workers.
Telangana's draft bill on gig workers revives the debate once led by Rajasthan, where a pioneering 2023 law remains stalled. Gig workers in Rajasthan struggle with low earnings and lack of social ...
The gig economy might be a tempting option for workers worried about a recession and losing jobs. However, many gig work apps are already competitive and at-capacity, though. Workers might look to ...
Multi-gig plans offer impressive speeds and solid value in terms of cost per Mbps, but the truth is, they deliver more bandwidth than most people will ever use. Even so, these high-speed broadband ...
GigU, an app that gives gig workers per-mile and per-hour pay estimates, just launched in the US. The app's "cherry picker" feature was the subject of a legal battle with Uber in Brazil.
Michael Jordan is making a surprising move to broadcast media, but it does not sound like the gig will be a full-time one. The big news broke earlier this week that the retired basketball icon ...
TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) noted that gig economy services are widely used by American consumers overall, but households with children have emerged as “power users.” According to a blog post by ...
Nearly three dozen students and staff are sick after an outbreak of norovirus that hit Discovery Elementary School in Gig Harbor. The outbreak happened last week and impacted 50 people ...
We missed this earlier: On April 14, 2025, the Telangana government released its draft Telangana Gig and Platform Workers (Registration, Social Security, and Welfare) Bill, 2025, for public ...
The leaders of two of America’s largest gig-economy companies refreshed their support for key provisions in President Donald Trump’s "Big Beautiful [Budget] Bill" currently matriculating ...
(Washington, DC) – Major digital labor platforms, also known as gig companies, operating in the United States misclassify gig workers as independent contractors, denying them labor rights ...
One of them is the across-the-board collapse of Americans’ relationships with institutions. The gig economy is just one facet of a wider gig society. The leg of the stool whose collapse is best ...