2+ hour, 34+ min ago   (489+ words) To safeguard the rights and interests of gig workers, China has urged platform-based enterprises to implement standardised employment procedures in accordance with the law and protect new workers' rights to fair pay, time off, safe working conditions and social security....

23+ hour, 42+ min ago   (311+ words) A delivery rider delivers food in a restaurant district in Seoul, June 19, 2025. Newsis Nearly 8 in 10 workers support a proposed system that would make it easier for freelancers and platform workers to gain legal recognition as employees, a survey showed, as…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (179+ words) Published 13 Sep.2026 14:02(KST) As the number of workers in new forms of employment such as platform labor and freelancing continues to grow, a recent survey found that 8 out of 10 office workers support the introduction of the "presumptive employee system." The…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (993+ words) For many people, self-employment represents freedom. There is no fixed office schedule, and often, greater control over the kind of work they choose to do. Whether it is running a small business, working as a consultant or freelancer, or building…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (96+ words) Bloomberg Government News States Seek More Unionization of Gig Work Union-friendly state lawmakers are pushing to expand their authority to enable more gig workers to unionize, Chris Marr reports. New laws in California, Illinois, and Massachusetts provide state-supervised systems to…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (442+ words) China has intensified efforts to protect the rights and interests of couriers, ride-hailing drivers and other gig workers, while encouraging them to participate in social governance as part of broader efforts to advance socialist democracy, a senior official said on…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (660+ words) LOS ANGELES, CA — The Los Angeles City Council voted 10-2 Tuesday to advance a proposal extending protections under its 2024 Fair Work Week Ordinance to fast-food workers, including predictable work schedules and paid labor-rights training. The council instructed city attorneys to draft…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (709+ words) Indy Digest: Sept. 7, 2026 According to the Department of Labor, “Labor Day is an annual celebration of the social and economic achievements of American workers. The holiday is rooted in the late 19th century, when labor activists pushed for a federal holiday…...

1+ week, 15+ hour ago   (377+ words) Gig workers social security: In a move which could provide a social security net for millions of e-commerce delivery partners and drivers working for ride-hailing platforms like Ola and Uber, the Central government is mulling changes to the social security…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1570+ words) New Delhi, Sep 6 (PTI) As India moves to operationalise social security contributions for gig and platform workers, a seemingly technical design choice could carry outsized consequences for different segments of the platform economy: whether aggregators should contribute based on annual…...