The rise of the gig economy using platforms like Uber and Skip the Dishes has led to a steep rise in the prevalence of precarious work. Precarious work is not new but we don’t know just how widespread a problem it has become because Stats Canada does not collect data on it. The pilot BC Precarity survey conducted by Iglika Ivanova and Kendra Strauss aims to fill that gap. We speak with Iglika Ivanova to find out what the survey revealed.
The rise of the gig economy using platforms like Uber and Skip the Dishes has led to a steep rise in the prevalence of precarious work. Precarious work is not new but we don’t know just how widespread a problem it has become because Stats Canada does not collect data on it. The pilot BC Precarity survey conducted by Iglika Ivanova and Kendra Strauss aims to fill that gap. We speak with Iglika Ivanova to find out what the survey revealed.
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