A 59-hour week is common for Singapore gig workers

[The_King]

(Bloomberg) — Drivers for Singapore’s food delivery and ride-hailing companies are often working almost 60 hours a week, a survey found, underscoring the lack of protections for gig workers in the city-state.

About 29% of drivers work more than 59 hours a week, according to a survey of nearly 1,000 workers by the National University of Singapore’s Institute of Policy Studies. About one-quarter of the drivers surveyed worked exclusively for Gojek. The rest said they also drove for other companies, including Grab Holdings Ltd.

Singapore, along with governments around the world, is considering legislative changes to protect gig-economy workers. Ride-hailing and food-delivery companies like Gojek, Grab, Delivery Hero SE’s Foodpanda and Deliveroo Plc. have flourished during the pandemic but also exacerbated social inequities.

Many who lost jobs during downturns have taken jobs delivering food or driving passengers but now find it difficult to exit the industry. Labour laws in Singapore limit the work week to 44 hours for employees, but because gig workers are not considered full-time staff, these protections do not apply to them.

People working for ride-hailing and food-delivery apps are often under pressure to hit targets in order to earn a meaningful wage, the report said. Effectively, those incentives require “drivers to work non-stop for 14 to 16 hours a day,” said Harris, 55, a driver that was interviewed by the institute. “It’s dangerous.”

Companies encourage or penaliae riders to nudge them toward certain behaviours, the institute found. Canceling jobs assigned would have an impact on their ranking and future earnings, in turn limiting the freedom workers have.

Around half of drivers surveyed said that they would leave the ride-sharing industry if there were job opportunities. However, only 31% said that they could easily get a job similar to their previous role or related to their education.

Nearly 60 hours a week behind the wheel takes time away from building skills to develop a career, and those who are more educated may find they’ve fallen behind their professional peers, the institute said in its study.

[XianGe]

Gig for sinkies, jobs for FTs

[aaur4man]

if they work less hours, how to clock incentive? govt gonna pay that in cash?

 

[socrates469bc]

jin kumgong.

 

limpeh alrdy said all these smlj gig economy jobs r not good for the economy in 2019 liao.

 

CNA, pls notice me!!!!!!!

 

wahahahahahahahahaha

 

 

 

Edited March 2, 2022 by socrates469bc

[The_King]

2 hours ago, socrates469bc said:

jin kumgong.

 

limpeh alrdy said all these smlj gig economy jobs r not good for the economy in 2019 liao.

 

CNA, pls notice me!!!!!!!

 

wahahahahahahahahaha

 

 

 

Hard to notice you when one is blind

[Bigbird]

6 hours ago, socrates469bc said:

jin kumgong.

 

limpeh alrdy said all these smlj gig economy jobs r not good for the economy in 2019 liao.

 

CNA, pls notice me!!!!!!!

 

wahahahahahahahahaha

 

 

 

 

3 hours ago, The_King said:

Hard to notice you when one is blind

 

 

 

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On 3/1/2022 at 12:35 PM, socrates469bc said:

Hard to notice u when u are always in the suana!!! 

Edited March 2, 2022 by Bigbird

[socrates469bc]

21 hours ago, Bigbird said:

 

 

 

 

Hard to notice u when u are always in the suana!!! 

 

u all dont know limpeh do my thinking in saunas and jacuzzis meh??????

 

wahahahaahhahaha

 

Edited March 3, 2022 by socrates469bc

[aaur4man]

common?  wait till u see office workers

[Bigbird]

3 hours ago, socrates469bc said:

 

u all dont know limpeh do my thinking in saunas and jacuzzis meh??????

 

wahahahaahhahaha

 

 

CNA strawberries dont know sauna one lah!!!

 

They only hang out in Coffee Roastery!

[XianGe]

16 hours ago, Bigbird said:

 

CNA strawberries dont know sauna one lah!!!

 

They only hang out in Coffee Roastery!

 

Cafe hopping...