Friday 27 September 2019

Working conditions on digital labour platforms: Opportunities, challenges, and the quest for decent work

a column by Janine Berg, Marianne Furrer, Ellie Harmon, Uma Rani and Michael "Six" Silberman for VOX: CEPR’s Policy Portal

Cross-border, digital labour platforms permit real-time hiring for a range of jobs, from IT programming to graphic design, copywriting and routine clerical tasks. But little is known about working conditions on these platforms or about their employees.

This column begins to fill that gap in the scholarship using an ILO survey of 3,500 workers from 75 countries and five major microtask platforms. It finds that even workers who perform valuable labour for successful companies often do so for low wages and without the protections of a regulated employment relationship.

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Hazel’s comment:
A friend of mine was involved in this work. 

Copy writing is paid by the word, you have to do your own research into the subject matter and do not get paid until you have got $100 owing to you.


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