Many workers who cannot take on regular employment have complex lives—they are parents of children with disabilities, people living with mental or physical conditions, people caring for elders or spouses—and usually lack support from family or public programs.
Gig work can provide the flexibility people need but often equates to undercompensated work with few benefits. This raises a critical question: Can "gig work" become "good work"?
We spent a year working with a US workforce board to launch its own regional hourly labor market as an alternative to Silicon Valley's apps. This article shares the project's background and initial learnings.
...36 percent of adults relied on gig work for at least a portion of their income. There is no universally accepted number for gig workers, showcasing how they are significantly undercounted.
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