[PDF][PDF] Location-based platform work in South Africa Mapping the prospects for organising

T Elsley, S Snyman - 2023 - lrs.org.za
The term 'gig work'predates the digital revolution and is used to describe shortterm work
done outside of a formal employer-employee relationship. This study is concerned with the …

[PDF][PDF] Working on-Demand in the domestic sector: A Case study on the experiences of platform domestic work in Cape Town

TW Nhleko - 2022 - open.uct.ac.za
There is a growing presence of platform companies of the gig economy that are providing
platform domestic work in South Africa, more specifically cleaning services. In the platform …

[PDF][PDF] Digital platform work in Australia: Preliminary findings from a national survey

P McDonald, P Williams, A Stewart, D Oliver, R Mayes - 2019 - eprints.qut.edu.au
Digital platforms such as Airtasker, Uber or Freelancer can connect workers with individuals
or businesses looking to obtain services of various kinds on demand. There has been much …

Fragmented demands: Platform and gig-working in the UK

D Howcroft, T Dundon, C Inversi - Zero hours and on-call work in Anglo …, 2019 - Springer
In the chapter by Howcroft, Dundon and Inversi, the nature of precarious work via digital
platforms is examined from multiple sources of research. Platform work is variously defined …

Australia: Labour and the gig economy

T Barratt, C Goods, A Veen - The Routledge Handbook of the …, 2022 - api.taylorfrancis.com
In Australia, the digitally enabled gig economy has grown extensively in the past decade,
with large implications for business, society and especially labour. Work in the gig economy …

The 'Platformisation'of Domestic Work in South Africa: A Shift Towards Marginal Formalisation and Deepening Informalisation of Domestic Work Employment

T Nhleko - The Thinker, 2023 - journals.uj.ac.za
Digital platform technologies have brought about a new labour form in the occupation of
domestic work, in which domestic cleaningwork is now being managed and organised …

Digital platform work in Australia: Prevalence, nature and impact

P McDonald, P Williams, A Stewart, R Mayes, D Oliver - 2020 - eprints.qut.edu.au
This report presents the findings from research commissioned by the Victorian Department
of Premier and Cabinet. Digital platforms such as Airtasker, Uber or Freelancer can connect …

The Future of Work in Africa: Exploring Platform Work Experience in Selected Sub-Saharan Africa Countries

FS Olawoyin - Managing Human Resources in Africa: A Critical …, 2023 - Springer
In recent years, advancements in digital technology have been a driving force behind the
proliferation of the online labour market. These marketplaces seek to strike a healthy …

Road to nowhere or to somewhere?: migrant pathways in platform work in Canada

A Triandafyllidou - rshare.library.torontomu.ca
Canada boasts some of the most highly educated migrants in the world, but it is well
recognised that these migrants face many labour market barriers to gainful employment …

[PDF][PDF] Decent work for on-demand workers in the modern-day gig economy

G Stopforth - 2023 - scholar.ufs.ac.za
Radical technological development during the past two centuries has led to various
enabling technologies changing the world of work on a global scale and, unfortunately, not …