Many countries are prompting digital platform companies to treat gig workers as ’employees’. Now, India’s federal…
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Urban Company CEO Abhiraj Bhal on the gig economy and its potential I Watch
Updated: 13 Aug 2022, 06:00 AM IST livemint Urban Company CEO…
Increasing appeal of gig workers in IT companies
A few years ago, I wrote in IT Matters that we would see a fundamental shift…
Amazon and electric car maker Rivian partner to deploy 10,000 customized EVs this year
Although still in the design stage, many of the features aim to boost driver efficiency and…
Uber lobbying, used ‘stealth’ technology to stall investigation: report
Ride-sharing service lobbied political leaders to relax laws and used “kill switch” to thwart law enforcement…
Platform must assure gig workers of a new deal
In its short life, the gig economy has done a lot of good deeds. It has…
Informal economy can employ over 20 million people by 2029-30: Report
Gig economy can employ more than 20 million people by 2022 A report released by government…
Indian gig workers may finally get a better deal
In the long history of labor relations in highly hierarchical India and the short history of…
A short story of spectrum allocation and two curses
How resources are allocated in an economy is important in how well it performs. The great…
India’s gig economy is setting the agenda in insurance technology
Driven by the growing demand for specialist gig workers, insurers are introducing products tailored to the…