- Date and time: November 30, 2023 | 2 pm - 3.30 pm CET
- Location: Zoom
With the global gig economy growing exponentially in recent years, increasing attention has been paid to the financial vulnerabilities of gig workers. These workers, such as rideshare drivers, delivery couriers, and freelance contractors, frequently face challenges related to low pay, lack of benefits, and job insecurity. The absence of minimum wage guarantees and the reliance on market forces to determine compensation can result in earnings that are insufficient to cover basic living expenses.
Since 2014, the WageIndicator Foundation has been providing Living Wage estimates for wage-earners based on its cost of living database, currently covering 164 countries. At the same time, GIZ through its gig economy initiative has been engaging workers, platforms and policy stakeholders to foster favourable framework conditions for fair work in the gig economy. Now, in partnership with GIZ, WageIndicator is launching the Living Tariff tool to help gig workers accurately assess their wage requirements. The living tariff tool is being piloted in the Pakistan, Kenya and Indonesia in close cooperation with Centre for Labour Research, and WageIndicator teams.
The tool will provide gig workers with accurate cost of living information and also help them account for calculate hidden and indirect costs like waiting times, cancellation fees, and non-payment by clients. It will also provide them information about relevant labour laws, vacation days, standard working hours, and more.
Join us at 2 PM CET on the 30th of November, 2023, for the official introduction to the Living Tariff tool in Kenya, Pakistan, and Indonesia. A panel of global and local experts will discuss the relevance of the tool and its future potential in creating a more just gig economy for all.
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Host: Paulien OsseCo-Founder of WageIndicator and Global Head of WageIndicator's Living Wage team Paulien will welcome all attendants and explain the rules of engagement for the session. |
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Opening Remarks: Kirsten SchuettlerHead of Global Gig Economy Initiative, GIZ Kirsten Schuettler leads the Gig Economy Initiative, which GIZ implements on behalf of the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development. She has nearly 20 years of experience working in international development, in countries of different income levels across four continents. She led analytical work and prepared and supervised operations at the World Bank’s Social Protection and Jobs Global Practice in Washington, DC. She also was a Senior Program Officer with the World Bank’s Migration & Remittances team and the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development (KNOMAD). At the German Development Cooperation (GIZ), she worked as a component manager in the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Promotion Program in Tunisia and was an advisor on private sector development and migration at GIZ headquarters. She has published on migration, forced displacement, jobs interventions and economic development. Fluent in four languages, she holds master’s degrees in economics as well as in political science. |
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Moderator: Martijn AretsGlobal Gig Economy Expert Martijn Arets is an international expert and thinker in the field of emergence and development of the platform economy. Since 2012 Martijn is traveling the world to talk to entrepreneurs, experts and other stakeholders. Martijn advises corporations, national and local governments and other institutions. He is part of the gig team of the Wageindicator Foundation and the Platform Economy research group at The Hague University of Applied Sciences. Moreover, Martijn is the founder of GigCV: an easy tool for anyone working in or gaining work experience in the gig economy. More info |
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Iftikhar AhmadLabour Law Specialist at the Centre for Labour Research, Pakistan Iftikhar Ahmad is a comparative labour law expert and founder of the Centre for Labour Research, Pakistan. He heads the Labour Law team at WageIndicator, where he has helped raise awareness about labour rights in more than 100 countries. Iftikhar is also a member of the Labour Expert Group, constituted on the advice of the Prime Minister of Pakistan, to provide social protection to the informal economy workers. While working in the field of labour since 2006, he has been engaged with the Government of Pakistan, International Labour Organization and the World Bank on the labour market and legislative reform issues. |
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Nadia PralitasariLabour Expert with Gajimu, Indonesia Nadia Pralitasari is a Labor Advocate and Data-Driven Expert with over 10 years of experience in the labor field, dedicated to advancing workers' rights, improving labor conditions, and fostering data-driven social dialogue in the workplace. Nadia have had the privilege of leading and managing diverse teams through a wide range of projects including Decent Wage Asia, Labor Rights for Women, and the latest How decent is my factory – where the team pioneered evidence-based advocacy using comprehensive decent work check surveys in more than 300 factories in Java to gather evidence on labor conditions and worker needs, resulting in improvements in working conditions within 128 factories surveyed. |
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Anne GichukuGIG Economy Specialist Anne Gichuku, Nairobi, Kenya is a passionate researcher specializing in the gig economy. |
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Pooja GianchandaniOutput Lead – Skills & Rights of Gig Workers, GIZ Pooja Gianchandani is an international skill and TVET expert with specialisation in human-centred learning design, in the context of digital and green transitions. Currently, she leads the output on skills and rights of gig workers at the Gig Economy Initiative implemented by GIZ on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation (BMZ). Aimed at empowering 10,000+ gig workers in 14+ countries through capacity building tools like e-learning, online apps, live training, the project informs workers on decent work conditions and in-demand skills in the gig economy. Pooja has worked as a TVET Expert with International Institutions such as the ILO, UNESCO, BIBB (German Federal Institute for Vocational Education & Training), SFIVET (Swiss Federal Institute for Vocational Education & Training). She has also led trade and economic cooperation initiatives in India, representing both the public and private sector at various fora, and contributed to key bilateral and global normative instruments. Fluent in 4 languages, she holds a dual Master's degree in Social Work and is a German Chancellor’s Fellow and Alexander Von Humboldt Alumni network. More info |
More speakers will be added soon.
