Authors: Hannah Johnston and Chris Land-Kazlauskas
‘Gig’ or platform-based work represents one of the most recent, highly-publicized labour market
trends. Attributed to the increased demand for flexibility on the part of employers, better labour
market efficiency and, in some cases the desire for greater flexibility on the part of workers, gig and
platform-based work is one type of non-standard work facilitated through technology and digital
markets, on-demand. [View resource]
