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Maximum employers expect their workforce to grow in first half FY 2024-25, says Teamlease report
The Indian employment market is projected to experience a 6.33% incremental expansion over the firs…
ANI
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Most DoorDash gig workers spend a surprisingly short time doing the job
DoorDash's gig workers are mostly women, millennial, and spend an average of less than four hours a…
Alex Bitter
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OPINION: Women’s Day special — Can EVs bring ‘missing women’ back into the workforce?
For millions of women, the simple act of leaving their homes to navigate work or errands is fraught…
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Gig work is the new Ellis Island for immigrants looking for work. But many drivers feel trapped in the long hours and low pay.
Business Insider spoke to a dozen recent immigrants who rely heavily on driving for Uber and Lyft t…
Noah Sheidlower
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India to add 9 million gig jobs by 2025 says Indeed report
Employment site Indeed revealed that over 9 million gig workforce will be added within the next thr…
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The AI boom could force you to enter the gig economy
Generative AI's adoption could lead to even more Americans working in the gig economy.
Jacob Zinkula
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Tech cos are offering longer projects, full-time jobs to gig workers: Nasscom
The share of Indian tech companies who hired gig workers has risen – to 65% in 2022, from 57% in 20…
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Gig driving was a glimmer of hope for many people with disabilities — but for some, it's a dead end.
Nearly a dozen drivers told Business Insider that driving for companies including Uber and Lyft are…
Noah Sheidlower
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Gig economy is dominated by millennials but women make up for less than a third of the workforce
The number of active gig workers have increased by at least 50% in the last five months, as per Tas…
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A quarter of Indian gig workers’ salaries grew by 50% in the last one year
An overall growth of 150% was recorded in the payments/salaries to gig workers between October 2021…
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In the war over remote work, companies are turning full-time jobs into low-paying gigs
As more employees work remotely, employers are seizing the opportunity to accelerate what one exper…
Aki Ito
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The number of people doing gig work on apps like Uber and DoorDash more than doubled during the pandemic
A net 3 million Americans started doing gig work on platforms during the pandemic, and it shows how…
Juliana Kaplan,Madison Hoff
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Number of gig workers earning over ₹85,000/month rose over 60% since last October: Report
The number of gig workers earning more than ₹1,50,000 grew by 69%, while gig workers earning betwee…
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This ghost kitchen pioneer, which pays delivery drivers up to $88,000 a year, says a happy and well-paid workforce is the key to its success
ClusterTruck, an Indiana-based ghost kitchen, doesn't use third-party couriers and is careful to ne…
Zahra Tayeb
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Only a fifth of the 7.7 million Indian gig workers are highly skilled
Only 22% of 7.7 million gig workers in India are highly skilled, while 47% are involved in low-skil…
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Over 2 million workers are missing from the US workforce. Here's how they're paying their bills.
Some people have resorted to living with their parents, while in some cases parents have moved in w…
Madison Hoff
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Get ready for a gig-worker boom that could make it harder for contractors to earn a living
Over 1 million Americans may flock to gig work this year if unemployment spikes, and the competitio…
Jacob Zinkula
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Gig labor could have challenged FedEx and UPS. Now it's making them stronger.
Instead of outlasting upstarts who challenged them with gig workers, UPS and FedEx have, in their o…
Emma Cosgrove
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Meet a lawyer who turned a pandemic-era freelance gig into his full-time work, travels the world, and has already made more than $100,000 this year
Derrick Morgan Jr. first thought freelancing on Fiverr while working at a law firm would help with …
Madison Hoff
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3 HOURS OF CHAOS: GrubHub's free lunch promotion overwhelmed NYC's restaurant and delivery workers with hundreds of simultaneous orders and angry customers
NYC restaurants and delivery workers told Insider they were not prepared for GrubHub's free lunch p…