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Critically discuss the following statement: The gig economy has been a success.

Introduction:
- Opening statement
- Definitions: What is gig economy and platforms
- Gig economy success debate/controversy
- T.S.: previous text about risks of controversy/debate "However, this essay will attempt to demonstrate that gig economy has been a success because it brings benefits for gig workers, customers, employers, new start-ups and people with disabilities. Although there are certain areas to improve including corporate responsibility and legislative management"

Main body:
Argument main beneficiaries
- Employers and orgs (reading 5)
- Customers (readings 2 and 5)
- Gig Workers (readings 4 and 5)

Argument other beneficiaries
- People with disabilities (reading 3)
- Other beneficiaries (reading 4)

Argument precarity vs options in actual world
- Precarity as vulnerability (reading 1)
- Choice analysis (reading 5)

Argument: Platform-based vulnerabilities vs behavior control
- Platform-based vulnerabilities (reading 1)
- Algorithmic controls and possitive technostressors (reading 2)

Argument laws and regulation
- Lows and challenges (reading 4 and 6)
- Change opportunities (reading 6)

Conclusion

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Title/Question
Critically discuss the following statement: The Gig economy has been a success.

1 - Intro
- General statement
- Definitions
-- What is Gig Work (1,3), types of (geo tethered wrk vs cloudwork, micro tasks) (4, 5)
--- To connect consumers to contractors (1)
-- What is e-commerce (3)
- Problem/Debate
-- Is the gig ec successful?
-- What is "successful", to whom?
- Thesis statement
-- This essay will argue that although the gig economy has been to some extent successful for companies and consumers, gig workers, particularly those with disabilities, have struggled to achieve success regardless of the benefits gig work provides.
- Signposting

Main Body 2 - 5

2 - Gig Companies and Consumers (4, 5, 6)
(Topic sentence, Supporting sentence, Final sentence - support TS)
- Comps
-- Quick, cheap labour can help Comps start up and maximize profit (4, 6)
-- Comps take advantage of digital platforms, it allows them to choose when and how they hire wrkrs (5)
-- Comps use the gig ec to exploit workers with no conseq, ther is power imbalance (6)
- Consumers (5)
-- Benefits vs risks
-- On-demand services are convenient for Cx (5)

3 - Gig Workers
- Benefits (1, 6, 3)
-- Income for migrants and refugees (6)
-- Flexibility and independence, suitable for youngsters, students, pple with unpredict scheds, low inc, multiple jobs or unemp (1)
-- Flex hrs and locs, additional inc (6)
-- Good opp for pple with disab (3)
--- Flex, ctrl on work tasks, accommodations, privacy
- Challenges (1, 2, 4, 5, 6)
-- Technostress (2)
-- GW are ICs/freelancers, not employees (6)
-- Complications for pple with disab (3)
--- No trnng or resources, no accessibility features, loss of gov aid.

4 - Laws and Regs (6)
- Where we are
- Where we should be

5 - Conclusion
- Restate TS
- Summary
- Opening up

1. The health of workers in the global gig economy (Bajwa et al, 2018)
2. Algorithmic Controls and their Implications for Gig Worker Well-being and Behavior Completed Research Paper (Cram et al, 2020)
3. Gig Workers with Disabilities: Opportunities, Challenges,
and Regulatory Response (Harpur & Blanck, 2020)
4. 'The Glory and Gore' of ASEAN's Gig Economy (Mukhopadhyay & Mukhopadhyay, 2020)
5. The Gig Economy: A Critical Introduction (Woodcock & Graham, 2020)
6. The Future of Work: Litigating Labour Relationships in the Gig Economy (Zorob, 2019)

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Critically discuss the following statement: "The gig economy has been a success".

Intro:
- Gen open: "There has been much discussion of whether  "gig economy" has been a success or it has been a failure".
- Def: "In this essay, gig economy will refer to the work that is executed through online platforms that put in contact an indefinite number of organisations, businesses and individuals through the internet, potentially allowing connecting clients and workers on a global basis. In the gig economy are employed independent contractors to complete a particular task (or gig)” (Zorob, 2019; Woodcock & Graham,2020)".
- Prob/deb of GE
- T.S:
"This essay will argue that although there are benefits for  gig workers like personal scheduling, self-management and possibility to work for marginal or people with disabilities, gig work can be considered precarious as there are some significant social and health effects on gig workers, therefore gig economy cannot be considered fully successful ".

(success for the company!)

Main body:
1) A critical introduction to the GE.   (Woodcock & Graham, 2020) , (Bajwa et al, 2018)

-Topic sentence
-Supporting sentence
-An example to support the topic sentence
-So-what? sentence

2)  Opportunities & Challenges (Harpur & Blanck, 2020) (Bajwa et al, 2018)
-Topic sentence
-Supporting sentence
-An example to support the topic sentence
-So-what? sentence

3)  Implications for GW Well-being and Behavior

(Cram et al, 2020),  (Harpur & Blanck, 2020), (Bajwa et al, 2018)

-Topic sentence
-Supporting sentence
-An example to support the topic sentence
-So-what? sentence

4) The future of gig economy and the legal implications (Zorob et al, 2019), (Bajwa et al, 2018)

-Topic sentence
-Supporting sentence
-An example to support the topic sentence
-So-what? sentence

Conclusion

1. Restate the thesis / aim of the essay: In conclusion, this essay has attempted to demonstrate that although gig economy has been beneficial for certain people, there are still some issues related to the misclassification as independent contractors which  caused the loss of certain lawful entitlements. Therefore, the gig economy cannot be considered a full success until labour standards and rights are correctly applied.

2. Summaries main points of argumentation

3. An ‘Opening Up’ section: Gig economy will continue to be a part of business for the foreseeable future as it generates employment, but there is an urgent need to protect future gig workers through legislation and the aid of the government.

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Critically discuss the following statement: The Gig economy has been a success.

Intro- The discuss about gig economy (GE) – definition- benefits and problems for workers and companies.

T.S. This essay argue that the gig economy has not been a succeed for the effect of challenge, health problems, less work rights and algorithm control of workers, workers with disabilities, even though this sector has been profiting for companies, and an income for workers.

1) GE- review of parts and critical analysis (Bajwa et al, 2018)

- Occupational vulnerabilities of gig workers

- Precarity

- Platform-based vulnerabilities

2) GE- Benefits and challenge for workers. Traditional workers and workers with disabilities. (Harpur & Blanck, 2020)

- Challenge for people with disabilities

- benefits for people with disabilities

3) GE – Algorithm control to influence worker behaviour, and health of gig workers. (Cram et al, 2020)

-        Control algorithm and Technostress

-        Affect the mental health of gig workers as:

o   Stress factors

o   Long working hours

o   Isolation

-        Lack of collective action to protect working rights

4) Labour Relationships in the Gig Economy – some examples and results

-        Legal claims gig workers

-        Kind of solutions

5) Profits for companies, a way to get income for workers and economic effect

-        Companies:

o   Profits

o   Lower responsibilities with workers. Not worker responsibilities.

o   Lower investments

o   Huge supply of workers

o   Not strict regulation

-        Workers

o   Flexibility to cancel gigs

o   Gig workers can work when they want (flexible schedules)

o   Worker flexibility

o   Price surging

o   Review process

o   Not complex to sigh up in a platform, you need training or preparation. Uber, Airbnb, Udemy

o   can balance work and life.

-        Consumers

In conclusion, this essay attempted to demonstrate that although the gig economy has been benefits for workers and companies it has not been a succeed.

-        summary of the problem

-        and What will be the next?