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gig economy

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Definition:

increased prevalence of short term contracts and on-demand freelance work in the labour market that creates a growing sense of precariousness in the market

Context:

This economic stress is further enhanced by the lack of social rights and financial regulation. What seems to be a creative forefront can in fact become a new digital proletariat. In this gig economy, as it is called in the United States, self-employed 3D printworkers hop from one commission to another. There is a serious risk of a new class of modern-day journeymen emerging.

Term reference

Stacey, N., Ellwood, P., Bradbrook, S., Foresight on new and emerging occupational safety and health risks associated with information and communication technologies and work location by 2025 – Final Report, European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA), Bilbao, 18.1.2018, p. 6, https://osha.europa.eu/en/oshwiki/foresight-new-and-emerging-occupational-safety-and-health-risks-associated-information-and-0 [9.10.2018]

Translations

Български: икономика на работата по заявка
Čeština: zakázková ekonomika
Dansk: gig økonomi
Deutsch: Gig Economy
Ελληνικά: οικονομία της περιστασιακής απασχόλησης
English: gig economy
Español: economía de los pequeños encargos
Eesti: juhutöömajandus
Suomi: keikkatalous
Français: économie des petits boulots
Hrvatski: ekonomija honorarnih poslova
Magyar: giggazdaság
Íslenska: hark hagkerfið
Italiano: gig economy
Lietuvių: gig ekonomika
Latviešu: reižudarba ekonomika
Malti: ekonomija gig
Nederlands: kluseconomie
Norsk: oppdragsøkonomi
Polski: gospodarka platformowa
Português: economia gig (economomia de serviços pontuais)
Română: economie la cerere
Slovenčina: gig economy
Slovenščina: ekonomija priložnostnih del
Svenska: gigekonomi