Work in the gig economy: an introduction -- Classifying gig work -- Technology, algorithms & digital platform organisations -- Multi-party working relationships: understanding the experiences of gig workers -- The future of gig work: key issues, solutions & future research directions.

In the gig economy, workers gain scheduling flexibility but lose guarantees of paid workload. Since a schedule without work has no value to workers, the size and variance of workload within an observed schedule become key dimensions of precariousness. Using detailed work data on over ten...