Operating in the informal grey zone between convenience and flexibility, the emergent category of labour force, called gig workers, finds itself trapped in the very flexibility that allows it to operate. It is a job when jobs are difficult to come by and it pays, but the gig workers face long hours, poor pay, unsafe conditions, and hardly any legal or social security protection, as Geetha Srimathi finds out
Operating in the informal grey zone between convenience and flexibility, the emergent category of labour force, called gig workers, finds itself trapped in the very flexibility that allows it to operate. It is a job when jobs are difficult to come by and it pays, but the gig workers face long hours, poor pay, unsafe conditions, and hardly any legal or social security protection, as Geetha Srimathi finds out