Sexual harassment takes a hidden toll on gig workers

pachouli-please

(companies everywhere cheer very quietly as it's not their problem thanks to contractor hiring arrangements) sigh

delichon

> For rideshare drivers, delivery workers, housekeepers These jobs are in the process of being automated, in this order. Any effective effort to curb harassment of these workers is likely to add friction or expense that accelerates automation. Given that it's difficult to know what is the best policy for these people. Is it progress to have fewer such jobs with better working conditions?

Frieren

Uneven power always brings abuse. Unions, strong worker rights, etc. help with it. Equality is a great defense for all kinds of abuse. > “A harmful customer interaction can drain a worker’s psychological resources in different ways, and those reactions can carry over into how they perform their job and interact with people afterward,” The same goes when an algorithm makes workers feel that they cannot answer back to customers. Customers have rights, but workers have them too. A worker is not a person that does everything that the employer asks for but a person with a job that is always limited in responsibility. Apps have worked around this classifying workers as "contractors" and removing many of their protections. Thankfully many countries have fixed this abuse. It needs to continue to improve.