SEOUL, June 20 (Korea Bizwire) – A civic group comprising gig workers said Thursday it will seek to file a constitutional petition against the decision to omit platform workers, such as delivery riders or freelancers, from next year’s minimum wage system. The civic group, dubbed “finding hope for platform labor,” said it will file the [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – In a recent survey conducted by HR tech company Incruit’s gig worker platform ‘NewWorker,’ gig workers expressed high levels of satisfaction with the service. The survey, carried out from the February 8 to 12, involved 378 individuals who had taken on gig work through NewWorker in the past year. The [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) – There were more than 1.5 million gig workers who worked fewer than 15 hours a week in South Korea last month, setting a new record, according to the data from the Statistics Korea. Including those on temporary leave, the number of workers with less than 15 work hours per week neared 2 [...]
SEOUL, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Wednesday it will establish the first Gig Worker Workstation as part of efforts to provide workspace for gig workers who are employed primarily on a temporary basis. Based on considerations that gig workers use cafes or shared offices as workspaces, thereby resulting in a [...]