UN Labor Agency Starts Final Talks on Employment Standards for Gig Workers

How AI Took Over the Global Gig Economy

In Geneva, governments are negotiating the first binding global standard that codifies protections for gig workers and regulate their AI bosses.

AI Runs the Global Gig Economy. Governments Must Respond.

Most discussion of artificial intelligence and work is about the future: which jobs may disappear, which skills may lose value, which workers may be replaced. But for millions of gig workers, who work for online platforms such as Uber, this future is already here. Algorithms set their pay, assign their tasks, monitor their performance, and determine whether they can keep working at all. The issue is not just that technology may someday replace w…

UN labor agency starts final talks on employment standards for gig workers

GENEVA, Switzerland – The International Labour Organization begins its final round of talks on Monday, June 1, on the first binding employment standards for platforms offering services such as ride-hailing, food delivery, and e-commerce. A central sticking point is whether protections such as the minimum wage and benefits such as healthcare, sick leave, and social security should apply to all workers on these platforms, or depend on whether they…

Sri Lanka urged to establish equitable agreements for gig workers in light of impending ILO standards: CSF

Sri Lanka needs to safeguard its gig economy workers by fostering cooperation among labor authorities, platform companies, workers, and advocacy organizations, according to a public […] The post Sri Lanka urged to establish equitable agreements for gig workers in light of impending ILO standards: CSF appeared first on FINANCIAL CHRONICLE.

Sri Lanka must shape a fairer deal for gig workers, as ILO standard looms: CSF

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka must protect its gig workers through collaboration among labour authorities, platform companies, workers, and rights groups, a public policy think tank has said, as an International Labour Organisation (ILO) Conference this week looks set to adopt an international standard. “The goal is not to formalise gig work in ways that fully eliminate its distinctive character and the opportunities it affords, but to ensure that fle…