A new perspective emerged from a study published in the Journal of Management Science and Engineering: algorithmic control is not merely a "negative management tool". Instead, its three-dimensional ...

Explore how unpaid waiting time and algorithmic management impact gig workers in India's evolving economy and their fight for fairness.

The Gig & Platform Service Workers Union (GIPSWU) protested on February 3, 2026, demanding an end to “unregulated algorithmic control” and for a worker-centric legal framework. Protests took place in ...

For millions of gig workers driving for companies such as Uber Eats, DoorDash and Deliveroo, there is no human manager to call, no supervisor to appeal to and no office to walk into. Decisions about ...

HYDERABAD: Traditionally, gig and platform workers have been defined as individuals engaged in short-term, freelance work without long-term commitment to any single employer. However, in Telangana’s ...

Psychological contracts are the beliefs, perceptions, and informal obligations between an employer and an employee. Such contracts have long been conceived of as targeting a person, but with the ...

Platform companies claimed the gig workers could deliver so fast because of the density of dark stores and efficiency of their packing processes. Even the Central government stepped into the debate, ...

Women took lead in a protest organised by the Gig and Platform Service Workers’ Union (GIPSWU) at Jantar Mantar on Tuesday. Protesting workers demanded urgent government intervention against what they ...