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Inside healthcare's gig economy
These are Business Insider's biggest healthcare stories for November 24.
Lydia Ramsey Pflanzer
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Gig Economy and Freelancing
Gig Economy and Freelancing
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Seattle becomes first US city to set minimum wage for app-based delivery drivers
The "Pay Up" bill will set the minimum wage for app-based delivery drivers in line with Seattle's r…
Urooba Jamal
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Gig economy is dominated by millennials but women make up for less than a third of the workforce
The number of active gig workers have increased by at least 50% in the last five months, as per Tas…
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Gig Economy Job Opportunities
Gig Economy Job Opportunities
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The Gig Economy and Tax Implications
The Gig Economy and Tax Implications
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Most executives say they want more contract and temp workers. A majority of those workers say that's not good enough.
Immigrants and workers of color are especially likely to say they'd rather be permanent employees, …
Tyler Sonnemaker
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On-demand laundry service Sudshare raises $10 million in bid to have gig workers clean other people's clothes from their homes
Sudshare uses contract workers who pick up, clean and drop off peoples' laundry. It says it's profi…
Tom Dotan
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Gig economy added 40,000 new women workers, but at low wages
More women are finding work, thanks to the increasing gig economy but they are being paid less, wid…
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Amazon drivers are reportedly competing against each other to snag new orders by hanging smartphones in trees outside Whole Foods stores
The phones' proximity to the stores and Amazon delivery stations gives drivers first dibs on more o…
Katie Canales
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The pandemic could be turning the gig economy white-collar, if this summer's new freelancers are any indication
An Upwork report found that this summer, 24% more people made a recent decision to enter the gig ec…
Allana Akhtar
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Uber, DoorDash and other gig-economy stocks fall after US labor secretary says most gig workers should be classified as employees
"We are looking at it but in a lot of cases gig workers should be classified as employees," Walsh s…
Will Daniel
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The Gig Economy in a Post-Pandemic World
The Gig Economy in a Post-Pandemic World
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The gig economy boom is over as workers go back to traditional jobs, Bank of America says
Economist Anna Zhou said "we're seeing a reversal in the gig economy," in part because there's less…
Madison Hoff
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The AI boom could force you to enter the gig economy
Generative AI's adoption could lead to even more Americans working in the gig economy.
Jacob Zinkula
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Amazon delivery drivers reportedly say their plot to outsmart the company's system to land orders by hanging smartphones in trees has been foiled
The drivers placed phones in trees outside of Whole Foods stores to be chosen first to deliver orde…
Katie Canales
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2 US senators just demanded Amazon stop spying on its workers via social media after news surfaced that the tech giant was monitoring drivers' plans to protest or strike
The "magnitude of this surveillance" is "extremely disturbing," Senators Ron Wyden and Sherrod Brow…
Katie Canales
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A quarter of Indian gig workers’ salaries grew by 50% in the last one year
An overall growth of 150% was recorded in the payments/salaries to gig workers between October 2021…
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Only a fifth of the 7.7 million Indian gig workers are highly skilled
Only 22% of 7.7 million gig workers in India are highly skilled, while 47% are involved in low-skil…