ISBN: 1774520176 9781774520178

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Understanding the Nature and Experience of Gig Work in Canada type of loosely regulated, hyper-flexible type of Foodora employee.17 Similarly, in the United Kingdom, Uber lost its right to appeal a decision that found its workers were not self-employed, as Uber insisted, but were rather employees of the company.18 These are a couple of examples in a litany of cases involving challenges to the idea [...] Figure 5 shows the proportion of all Canadian workers who work in self-employment, and how many work in the sub-category of the gig economy, making it possible to ascertain that from 2005 to 2016 the proportion of the self-employed working in so-called gig work grew significantly, with the percentage of those working in self-employment rising to 22.3 percent from 20.7 percent, an increase of eight [...] Understanding the Nature and Experience of Gig Work in Canada One of the most interesting ways to measure and consider gig work from a policy and regulatory perspective is to look at annual growth rate. [...] Understanding the Nature and Experience of Gig Work in Canada A working definition allows for meaningful inquiry into gig work but also acknowledges that the classification or definition of gig work is historically, socially and economically situated.27 These new and emerging conditions within the gig economy lead us to frame gig work as extremely varied in terms of work done, over what time perio [...] In Canada, SERs and the "family wage" were the sole prerogative of men employed in core sectors of the economy, while policies and practices explicitly curtailed the participation of women and minorities.31, 32 Regardless of this, the loss of reliable SERs in the Global North has become a key element of changing labour relations of our time.