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'''Gig workers''' are independent contractors, online platform workers,<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Vallas|first1=Steven|last2=Schor|first2=Juliet B.|date=2020|title=What Do Platforms Do? Understanding the Gig Economy|url=https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev-soc-121919-054857|journal=Annual Review of Sociology|language=en|volume=46|issue=1|pages=annurev–soc–121919-054857|doi=10.1146/annurev-soc-121919-054857|issn=0360-0572|doi-access=free}}</ref> contract firm workers, on-call workers<ref name="Russel, New Republic, 2020">{{Cite web|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/156202/silicon-valley-economy-here-its-nightmare|title=The Silicon Valley Economy Is Here. And It's a Nightmare.|access-date=2020-01-19|first=Lia|last=Russel|date=2019-01-16|quote=Many of those new low- and middle-income earners appear to be gig workers. Projections from the state Employment Development Department found that the fastest-growing occupations in San Francisco were taxi drivers, chauffeurs, couriers, messengers, and personal care aides. Exact numbers are hard to come by, because gig workers are often considered self-employed—and that very opacity plays into the hands of tech companies that aren’t particularly keen to shine a light on whether these new jobs meet fair labor practices.|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and temporary workers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gigworx.com/blog/the-gig-economy-5-things-you-need-to-know|title=5 Things You Need to Know About the Gig Economy|last=Alvarez|first=Matt|website=gigworx.com|language=en}}</ref> Gig workers enter into formal agreements with on-demand companies to provide services to the company's clients.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last1=Donovan|first1=Sarah|last2=Bradley|first2=David|last3=Shimabukuru|first3=Jon|title=What Does the Gig Economy Mean for Workers?|url=http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2512&context=key_workplace|journal=Cornell University ILR School}}</ref> | '''Gig workers''' are independent contractors, online platform workers,<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Vallas|first1=Steven|last2=Schor|first2=Juliet B.|date=2020|title=What Do Platforms Do? Understanding the Gig Economy|url=https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev-soc-121919-054857|journal=Annual Review of Sociology|language=en|volume=46|issue=1|pages=annurev–soc–121919-054857|doi=10.1146/annurev-soc-121919-054857|issn=0360-0572|doi-access=free}}</ref> contract firm workers, on-call workers<ref name="Russel, New Republic, 2020">{{Cite web|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/156202/silicon-valley-economy-here-its-nightmare|title=The Silicon Valley Economy Is Here. And It's a Nightmare.|access-date=2020-01-19|first=Lia|last=Russel|date=2019-01-16|quote=Many of those new low- and middle-income earners appear to be gig workers. Projections from the state Employment Development Department found that the fastest-growing occupations in San Francisco were taxi drivers, chauffeurs, couriers, messengers, and personal care aides. Exact numbers are hard to come by, because gig workers are often considered self-employed—and that very opacity plays into the hands of tech companies that aren’t particularly keen to shine a light on whether these new jobs meet fair labor practices.|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and temporary workers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gigworx.com/blog/the-gig-economy-5-things-you-need-to-know|title=5 Things You Need to Know About the Gig Economy|last=Alvarez|first=Matt|website=gigworx.com|language=en}}</ref> Gig workers enter into formal agreements with on-demand companies to provide services to the company's clients.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last1=Donovan|first1=Sarah|last2=Bradley|first2=David|last3=Shimabukuru|first3=Jon|title=What Does the Gig Economy Mean for Workers?|url=http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2512&context=key_workplace|journal=Cornell University ILR School}}</ref> | ||
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Gig workers are independent contractors, online platform workers,[1] contract firm workers, on-call workers[2] and temporary workers.[3] Gig workers enter into formal agreements with on-demand companies to provide services to the company's clients.[4]
Conditions
According to a 2021 report by the World Health Organization and the International Labour Organization the expansion of the gig economy can be seen as one significant factor for the increase in worker deaths for those who work over 55 hours a week (relative to those who work 35-40), rising from 600,000 deaths in 2000 to 750,000 in 2016.[5] The report found that in 2016, 9% of the world's population worked greater than 55 hours weekly, and this was more prevalent among men, as well as workers in the Western Pacific and South-East Asia regions. Work has also suggested poor mental health outcomes amongst gig workers.[6]
Labor movement
The gig economy makes it more difficult for workers to organize a union or demand higher pay or better conditions, due to the fact that there is no central location where labor must continually be performed by a set group of workers.
Despite this difficulty, there have been successes in organizing gig workers. Both founded in 2018, the Gig Economy Project in Europe and Gig Workers Rising in California have grown substantially in recent years.