Who is a gig? Gig is an independent contractor, freelancer, short-term employee without a formal employment agreement.

What is a gig-economy ( gig-economy, gignomika, "open talent economy", "free wage economy" or " economy short-term contracts")? The gig economy is a new form of employee-employer relationship based on out-of-state work or work on short-term contracts.

The gig economy is a relatively new concept, but the processes it means deeply undermine the traditional foundations of the labor market.
1. The growth of the gig-economy may entail the leveling of social packages , vacations, guarantees and other options that have been won back from employers for so long. The ideology of Uber Works is that employees should be as productive and loyal as employed employees with long-term contracts, but at the same time, they should not demand anything from the employer in return.

2. According to labor historian Aaron Benanava, gig economics could “ lead to a drop in skill levels as traditional highly skilled workers are replaced by less skilled independent workers.

3. The growth of the gig economy will undoubtedly undermine the foundations of labor law, the calculation of pensions and social assistance, since the new forms of relations between employers and workers do not fit into the existing classifications.

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