Season 1 | Episode 6

Gig Economy and Independent Workers

Language

English

Runtime

39 minutes

Published

October 2020

In This Podcast

Heather McIntosh

The Conference Board of Canada

Host

Armine Yalnizyan

Atkinson Fellow

The nature of jobs is changing, with the growth of the gig economy and more work in all fields being tasked to contract workers, freelancers, and the self-employed. These independent workers lack the social support net that full-time employees benefit from. What are some ways to bridge the “support gap” and ensure that people don’t fall between the cracks in these precarious job markets?

In our final episode of Season 1 of the Future Skills Centre podcast, we discuss this question and more with Armine Yalnizyan (Atkinson Fellow).

Learn more

  • Old Gigs, New Gigs (Paper Authored by Carole Piovesan)