2025
Content Overview
Nov 27, 2025
App-Based Workers in Mexico: Labour Reform, Costs, and RightsApp-based workers in Mexico are facing new changes as a result of labour reforms. While the law aims to grant them greater rights, it has also brought to light a widespread issue: the work-related costs that these workers must cover themsel…
Nov 26, 2025
Beyond the Business Model: Why Pay Floors for Gig Workers Demand AwarenessIn our webinar, ‘Living, Not Surviving’, we explored how minimum pay standards for self-employed platform workers could be calculated and implemented, and why companies, workers, and clients all play a role.
Nov 21, 2025
The price of our free AI tools: workers without rights or visibilityThose who think generative AI works all by itself are mistaken. Behind the chatbots and image generators are over 150 million people who keep AI systems running, in often poor conditions. Students of the Smart Media Production Associate Deg…
Oct 29, 2025
Pay in gig economy jobs: "It's about defining what counts as work. Unpaid labour included"When calculating pay for gig economy jobs, it is fundamental to take into account factors that do not apply to traditional employment, such as unpaid labour. We discussed this issue with Valeria Pulignano (KU Leuven), who was one of the spe…
Oct 23, 2025
Survival versus perspective? ‘It's not about money, but about taking responsibility’Online platforms offer a quick solution for finding work and generating income in the short term. However, they often fail to provide good working conditions, sustainable careers and prospects for the future. How can this dilemma be solved?
Sep 19, 2025
From Bologna to Big Tech: critical lessons about data work and AILast week, the 8th conference of the ‘International Network of Digital Labor’ took place in Bologna. This network's mission is to research and discuss aspects of work in the digital age. Martijn Arets traveled to Bologna by train to attend…
Sep 16, 2025
Trabajar en aplicaciones: un refugio para llegar a fin de mesAnte un contexto de estancamiento en los niveles de empleo formal, donde el pluriempleo ya es parte de la realidad de los argentinos, el trabajo en plataformas es una variante que en el corto plazo será insuficiente
Sep 16, 2025
Working on apps in Argentina: a way to make ends meet - but the market is saturatedDue to the stagnation in formal employment levels and the fact that multiple jobs have become an everyday occurrence for Argentinians, platform work cannot be considered a viable long-term solution. We spoke to Matías Maito, director of CET…
Jul 31, 2025
Rollee: Data as the gateway to financial services for platform workersRollee is there to help when platform workers and freelancers are struggling to obtain loans. It provides lenders with the necessary data and gives workers the financial relief they need. WageIndicator spoke to the founder.
Jul 28, 2025
Living Tariff: Rethinking Fair Compensation for the Self-EmployedIt will take time to set pay floors for platform workers and freelancers. While the ILO establishes global standards for decent work in the platform economy, WageIndicator is holding talks with stakeholders about the Living Tariff methodolo…
Jul 22, 2025
What NYC’s 5% Ride-Hailing Pay Increase Really MeansWageIndicator Intern Blogs - A new rule introduced by the Taxi and Limousine Commission will come into effect in August, guaranteeing drivers in New York City using platforms such as Uber and Lyft a minimum pay increase of 5% per minute and…
Jul 21, 2025
Data Labelers Association speaks up for invisible workers: “Ultimately, it's about respect and human decencyMartijn Arets - Who are the people who annotate and correct the data behind AI (so-called “data workers” or “data labelers”)? Martijn Arets visited Ephantus Kanyugi in Nairobi. He is a data labeller himself and a pioneer for the labour righ…
Jun 18, 2025
Workers striving for flexibility (and better income): the paradigm shift in the Latin American gig economyGig workers in Latin America value flexibility. In Mexico, the Dominican Republic, and elsewhere in the region, they are increasingly expressing a preference for greater freedom in their working arrangements. According to Nippy, a platform…
Jun 4, 2025
Economía de plataformas: el mundo laboral cambió para siempreCuánto creció y qué buscan hoy los trabajadores, cuáles son sus valoraciones respecto de los trabajos actuales; el cambio de paradigma, analizado a través de datos con expertos de Nippy
May 26, 2025
El mito de la automatización: cómo la IA depende y seguirá dependiendo de la mano de obra humana barataLa inteligencia artificial (IA) depende y seguirá dependiendo de la mano de obra humana. Quienes trabajan detrás de los sistemas de IA suelen ser invisibles. Para el podcast Gig Work de la Fundación WageIndicator, Martijn Arets conversó con…
May 26, 2025
¿Necesitas un Salario Vital más alto siendo nómada digital?En esta serie de entrevistas, Daniela Ceccon, nuestra Directora de Datos, y Paulien Osse, nuestro Cofundador y Líder Global de Salarios Dignos, debaten los temas que las multinacionales plantean. Fiel a la temática, en la imagen verán que D…
May 21, 2025
The myth of automation: How AI is and will remain dependent on cheap human labourArtificial intelligence (AI) is and will remain dependent on human labour. The people who do the work behind AI systems are often invisible. For the WageIndicator Foundation's Gig Work Podcast, Martijn Arets spoke with Professor Antonio Cas…
May 21, 2025
Platform Workers in the Nordics: Top Living Costs Squeezing Their BudgetsAs with their counterparts around the world, platform workers in Denmark, Norway, and Finland face the same challenges: the cost of living and work-related expenses. This article looks at the top expenses that are putting pressure on them.
May 9, 2025
Real stories of unfair deactivation: when a gig worker's account is blockedInterns' Blogs - App-based gig workers in the US have recently risen up against account deactivation. But it's a long-standing issue with massive impact and frequency on people's lives and mental health.
Apr 22, 2025
In India, Speed Challenges Workers' Rights: Urban Companys' Insta Help and the 15-Minute ModelInterns' Blogs - The rise of India's 15-minute business model - from Zomato's introduction of fast food delivery to Amazon's entry into quick grocery services - has now extended to domestic work, such as Urban Company's Insta Maids, now Ins…
Apr 18, 2025
When Religion Meets Platform Economy: How Large-Scale Spiritual Events Fuels Gig WorkLarge religious events are powerhouses of the gig economy, where workers can access work and income opportunities. The downside is that they expose challenges such as income instability and inadequate worker protection.
Apr 1, 2025
Data workers and AI: moving from 'invisibility' to better working conditionsWho are the data workers behind AI, what are their working conditions, and how can their working conditions be improved? In a webinar hosted by WageIndicator, the lens was turned on the workers who make AI work, and who still lack a fair de…
Mar 24, 2025
Denise Kasparian: Lo colectivo como respuesta a los derechos de todos los trabajadores de plataformas en ArgentinaAnalizamos junto con la socióloga argentina Denise Kasparian el fenómeno de los trabajadores de plataformas en la Argentina y cuál es el escenario actual, sin una legislación que los contemple
Feb 27, 2025
Reclaiming the value of work in the digital economy: A report from an inspiring conference in LeuvenThe growing impact of digital technology, generative AI and algorithmic management on work is an increasingly widely explored topic. Last week during the two-day conference ‘Future of Work: Reclaiming the value of work in the digital econom…