Nov 22, 2024 · The gig economy is growing. It uses digital platforms to connect freelancers with customers to provide short-term services or asset-sharing. Here's what you need to know.

Jun 4, 2025 · Digital labour platforms are reshaping work, from side hustles to AI-driven jobs, as the ILO meets to discuss the future of the gig economy - and other jobs news to know.

Jun 26, 2025 · The global gig economy is expanding rapidly, offering an opportunity to reimagine work models while prioritizing inclusion, resilience and well-being. Empowering gig workers is …

Nov 1, 2019 · Gig workers are often treated as individual businesses who should compete against one another. But it is once they come together as colleagues that they can collectively bring …

Sep 15, 2025 · Location-based gig work (e.g., ride-hailing, delivery) involves occupational safety and health risks, irregular incomes and long working hours, without protections. Online …

Mar 31, 2022 · PwC, UNICED and Generation Unlimited investigate youth skills needs in a new research paper, 'Yes', urging stakeholders to create opportunities for the youth and close the …

Apr 10, 2025 · The World Economic Forum is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic and …

May 28, 2019 · Governments and development organizations have long sought to formalise Africa's informal economy - with limited results. Could a new breed of start-up, known as …

Nov 21, 2022 · The gig economy has become an essential income source for a growing number of workers on both sides of the Atlantic. Currently, gig workers have to make a trade-off …

Aug 19, 2021 · The quarantines and stay-in-place edicts gave rise to new armies of gig workers who delivered our groceries, restaurant orders, and household goods. Companies accelerated …