Gys Hough is managing partner at Coinstone Capital, an Amsterdam-based digital asset investment fund focused on tokenization. Gys is also a partner at Digital Asset Consulting (DIAC), a consulting ...

Sarah Kessler is the author of Gigged: The End of the Job and the Future of Work. You probably don’t think of Sears as a “gig economy” company. But the store outsources its customer service to a ...

They're the people who pick you up in an Uber or deliver groceries to your door — so-called gig workers, referred to as "independent contractors" by the companies for which they work — and across ...

Economist and author Linda Nazareth is the senior fellow for Economics and Population Change at the MacDonald Laurier Institute. Her fourth book, Work is Not a Place: Reimagining our Lives and Our ...

The modern workforce is experiencing a quiet but transformative revolution. Traditional 9-to-5 employment, once the backbone ...

For the drivers and riders of the UK gig economy, employment status really matters. Most are classed as self-employed and do not receive statutory sick pay, for example. That’s worth remembering as ...

2019 has been a big year for tech IPOs, but it’s been a huge year for gig economy IPOs. Uber (NYSE:UBER), Lyft (NASDAQ:LYFT), RealReal (NASDAQ:REAL) and Fiverr (NYSE:FVRR) have already gone public and ...

The move by the government to establish a Gig Economy Commission (SEGiM) has sparked considerable discussion. On the surface, it appears promising – our deputy prime minister aims to protect gig ...

The model is exploitative, where workers are overworked without safeguards, leading to burnout, injuries, and delayed healthcare ...

Insurance providers have recognised the realities of the gig economy and are designing products that fit the way freelancers and self-employed professionals live and work.