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Govt to roll out social security schemes for gig workers; e-Shram integration deadline set for June 22The Indian government is set to provide social security benefits to gig and platform workers. These benefits will include accident insuranc...- Fuelled by lending boom, DPDzero bets big on AI-led debt recoveryAs India’s unsecured lending boom accelerates, collections are emerging as the next major battleground for fintechs and lenders.
- Massachusetts Uber, Lyft drivers certify first statewide ride-hailing union amid automation fearsThe victory could provide a model for similar campaigns gaining traction in states including California and Illinois, where labor organizer...
- Three mortgages, zero salaries: What do families do when everyone loses their job together? Viral layoff story reveals fear, debt, and survival panicA shocking rise in family financial crisis after layoffs is emerging as global job cuts accelerate across tech, fintech, and aviation secto...
- WeWork CEO John Santora's warning to senior leaders on Gen Z: 'AI is not going to provide empathy, leadership, and mentoring.'Young professionals face a tough job market, with AI's rise causing anxiety. However, experts suggest this is a cyclical shift, not an AI-d...
- Credit at the tap: The opportunities and risks of India’s digital lending boomIndia's digital lending is rapidly transforming credit access, with mobile apps now disbursing significant loan volumes, especially to youn...
- Quick-service apps compete to woo women workers away from the informal economyQuick-service apps like Snabbit and Pronto are formalising the domestic workforce with flexible shifts and attractive monthly payouts, draw...
- India labour market remodels itself bit by bit as agri slowly cedes ground, workforce moves onIndia's labour market is undergoing a structural transformation driven by the country's broader economic transition, a report by SBI Resear...
- As mercury soars, e-commerce platforms step up measures to protect delivery workersIndian e-commerce and quick-commerce platforms are introducing measures to protect delivery workers from severe heatwaves. Companies are pr...
- Musk’s $158 billion payday is a lot like Tesla stock: full of hot airElon Musk's massive $158 billion compensation package from Tesla highlights stark economic disparities. While workers face stagnant wages a...
- Beyond KYC: Why digital trust needs real-time intelligenceAshok Hariharan of IDfy argues that digital trust must evolve beyond one-time KYC to continuous, intelligence-led risk assessment across th...
- A Budget solution to India's skilled workforce challenge: Unleash the Gig contingentCurrently, there are 7 million gig workers in India, and this number is expected to rise to 25 million by 2030. To accelerate the growth of...
- Will gig platforms rule the world? What to expect in 2023?Gig workers – those engaged in livelihoods outside the traditional employer-employee arrangement – are now popularly referred to as ‘platfo...
- Awign raises $15 million in Series B round, co-led by Bertelsmann India Investments and Amicus Capital“We will be focusing on people, technology, and building up our brand, and the raised funds will be instrumental in our efforts to take mul...
- The challenge with gig economyThe main issue with gig economy is the employment relationship. Most of the time, it is the ambiguity around the rights of workers and the ...
- Gig economy can support 90 mn jobs, add 1.25 pc to GDP: ReportA few years ago, when concerns were being raised about a 'jobless' growth, the government had pointed to the growth in gig economy jobs.
- Covid-effect: Companies now hiring a mix of full-time, part-time workersA report on the state of the professional gig economy during Covid shows that the success of work-from-home is pushing companies to hire a ...
- IT sector will become the largest employer of freelancersJune 20, 2018, New Delhi: TimesJobs, recently, conducted a survey to study the emergence of the gig economy in India. The survey analysed r...
- How technology, millennials and gig economy will make HR obsoleteThe transformation of HR is at a nascent stage now. But organisations will soon be forced to adapt and those who do not will lose favour wi...
- Get a grip! The world of jobs is changing faster than you can thinkIf work trends are changing, so are the trends in hiring. Many companies now rely less on search firms and build their own in-house recruit...
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