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This tool helps you understand the daily income required to meet a living tariff. Whether you're a gig worker, freelancer, or self-employed worker, it covers everything from work equipment to taxes. WageIndicator and GIZ collaborated to create this tool to address the challenges faced by gig workers in determining fair compensation. Want to know more about how it works, or how you can customize it to your situation? Check the tools. 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What is the Living Tariff?",[78],{"type":79,"data":80},"text_block",{"content":81},"\u003Cp>The Living Tariff refers to the amount that self-employed or gig workers need to earn per day to achieve a living wage. It includes not only the daily living expenses, but also the cost of resources required for your work, such as work equipment costs, overhead costs, taxes, social security, and savings in case of illness and retirement. Considering these additional cost factors will help ensure that your income is sufficient to cover all the necessary costs associated with your work\u003C\u002Fp>",true,{"question":84,"answer":85,"featured":82},"2. What is a gig worker? How is it different from freelancer?",[86],{"type":79,"data":87},{"content":88},"\u003Cp>A gig worker is someone who takes on short-term tasks, often referred to as \"gigs\" for various clients or platforms. They usually do most of their work through platforms marketplace. Gig work can be anything from driving for a ride-sharing service to doing tasks on online platforms.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>A freelancer is a self-employed skilled professional who offers their specialized services to clients on a specific project-by-project basis.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The terms \"gig worker\" and \"freelancer\" can mean the same thing. Gig worker usually refers to performing various short-term, task-oriented work, while freelancer usually refers to a skilled professional who offers specific services on a project basis. The Living Tariff applies to both these types of workers.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"question":90,"answer":91,"featured":82},"3. Why is Living Tariff important for me?",[92],{"type":79,"data":93},{"content":94},"\u003Cp>The Living Tariff is essential for gig workers and freelancers because it provides an overview of their actual income, helping them understand what a minimum tariff should be for their profession to maintain a decent standard of living. It allows them to make well-informed decisions about their work and income.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"question":96,"answer":97,"featured":82},"4. What is Living Tariff Tool?",[98],{"type":79,"data":99},{"content":100},"\u003Cp>Living Tariff is a tool designed for gig workers and freelancers to easily check and calculate their tariffs based on their type of job and the cost of living in the region. It considers all the costs associated with their work, including resources, waiting time, and savings for things like sickness and retirement.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Essentially, it helps gig workers and freelancers understand how much they need to earn to achieve a sustainable income that covers their living expenses\u003C\u002Fp>",{"question":102,"answer":103,"featured":82},"5. Why did WageIndicator create Living Tariff Tool?",[104],{"type":79,"data":105},{"content":106},"\u003Cp>WageIndicator developed the Living Tariff concept. And the foundation developed together with GIZ the Living Tariff Tool for self - employed and gig workers in response to the exponential growth of the gig economy in the past decade. With an increasing number of individuals relying on gig work as their primary source of income, there emerged a pressing need to address the challenges faced by gig workers in determining fair compensation for their labor. The gig economy's rapid expansion had given rise to a complex platforms and job types, each offering a diverse range of tariff rates. This variability made it challenging for gig workers to assess the true value of their work, often leaving them uncertain about whether they were receiving fair compensation for their services. Consequently, WageIndicator recognized the necessity of creating a Living Tariff Tool to empower gig workers with a means to comprehensively understand and determine a minimum rate for a decent living\u003C\u002Fp>",{"type":79,"data":108},{"content":109,"variant":37},"\u003Ch3>Living Tariff Tool for Self - Employed and Gig Workers\u003C\u002Fh3>\u003Cp>Digital labour platforms contribute to the creation of employment and income generation for millions of people in the world. Many of them earn part or their entire income through platform-based work. On one hand, the platforms provide flexibility and low entry barriers and on other hand gig work is usually seen as work without rights. \u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>One of the main challenge gig workers deal with is being paid less than the minimum wage. Many also face economic insecurity and are at risk of losing earnings due to technical challenges with digital platforms. Therefore, defining living wages (tariff) for gig workers, including those working beyond platform mediated work become important. A Living Wage is paid when a worker receives remuneration that is sufficient to afford a decent standard of living for the worker and her or his family in their location and time. \u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Gig workers may find it hard to assess their wages accurately due to lack of knowledge and tools that offer reliable information. Gig workers, especially those in the location-based sectors find is hard to assess the hidden and indirect costs such as long waiting times for taxi drivers, last minute cancellations or non-payment by clients for additional tasks. This is where the concept of Living Tariff comes in.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Since 2014, WageIndicator has developed its Living Wage and Living Income, which includes a database on Cost of Living in 186 countries (and growing). A Living Wage assumes a ‘normal’ working week, which implies avoiding excessive overtime hours, or taking on more than one job. To support gig workers, particularly those offering low skilled – low complexity location-based and online services, GIZ has partnered with WageIndicator Foundation to develop a Living Tariff Tool based on their concept of Living Tariff. \u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch4>About the Living Tariff Tool \u003C\u002Fh4>\u003Cp>This tool builds on WageIndicator’s method to calculate the Living Tariff using its Living Wage database and factor in variable costs (additional allowances like laptop and high-speed internet for cloud-workers; mobile phone and additional data for location-based workers; expenses for work equipment like car\u002Fmotorbikes and gas for riders \u002F couriers; and waiting and aquisition time in between paid gigs). \u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The tool is availeble in Indonesia, India, Kenya, Pakistan, The Netherlands and South Africa. On demand WageIndicator can develop the Living Tariff tool in an other country. The Living Tariff data is \u003Ca href=\"\u002Fwork\u002Fliving-wages\u002Fpurchase-data\">for sale.\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>",{"type":111,"data":112},"call_to_action_body_block",{"title":113,"description":114,"variant":73,"link":115},"Contact Us","Have a question or need more information? Get in touch with our team, we’re here to help.",{"title":116,"url":117,"description":113,"rel":43,"type":44},"Get in touch","\u002Fwork\u002Fliving-wages\u002Fcontact-us",{"text":113,"link":119},{"title":113,"url":117,"description":113,"rel":43,"type":44,"id":120},36537,[122],{"id":123,"slug":124,"name":125},4,"living-wage","Living Wage",{"id":127,"first_name":128,"last_name":129,"email":130,"image":131,"function":132,"external":133},2,"Gunjan","Pandya","gunjanpandya@wageindicator.org","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FGunjan-Pandya-ED_PhPZSyI.width-400.jpg","IT Specialist and Global Webmaster",false,[135],{"id":127,"first_name":128,"last_name":129,"email":130,"image":131,"function":132,"external":133},[],[],"\u003Cp>Welcome to WageIndicator. Same organisation, same information, new look!\u003C\u002Fp>"]