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#Gig Economy
The desire that today’s workforce has to take full control over their work schedules has led to a new reality of the job market: the gig economy. In the gig economy, employers contract freelancers to complete certain jobs as opposed to hiring full-time employees. Emerging technologies have...
Gig work is no longer the future–it’s already here. One of the newest employment trends that have gathered several eyeballs in recent times including the Niti Aayog, a think tank of India, is the concept of gig working. As per the Niti Aayog report, ‘India’s Booming Gig and Platform Economy’...
The gig economy includes all platforms that hire independent workers across sectors like e-commerce, technology, food and beverages, and home services, among others. India has always had a large reserve of informal gig workers. The pandemic pushed a lot of them out of work. CMIE data showed that a...
2022 is considered to be the most successful year for the gig economy till now. The opportunities, demand, and supply gained great momentum keeping the work-life balance and flexibility as a major priority. According to the report, there is a 3X increase in the participation of gig workers whereas...
