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Gig Workers: The New Employment Form In The New Economy

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dc.contributor.authorNursilah Ahmaden_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-30T02:23:12Z
dc.date.available2024-05-30T02:23:12Z
dc.date.issued2021-12
dc.date.submitted2022-2-15
dc.descriptionVol. 33 No. S4 (2021): ULUM ISLAMIYYAH The Malaysian Journal of Islamic Sciencesen_US
dc.description.abstractGig workers are part-time workers or freelancers offering their jobs and services via platform economy. The recent Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the plight of gig workers, in which in most cases, they do not receive similar benefits and perks associated with permanent jobs. This study explores the future direction of the gig economy in Malaysia. A survey questionnaire was distributed to 200 respondents from Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia in August 2020 based on purposive sampling. The results suggest that most of the respondents have at one point, during the movement control order (MCO), involved in gig jobs such as dropship, courier services, and food delivery. They feel that gig jobs have a good prospect and contribution to the economy. For the employers, benefits such as social security contributions and medical benefits received by permanent staff should be made available for gig workers subject to negotiated terms. For gig workers, they need to continue the process of upskilling and reskilling to remain competitive in the job market. Policymakers may utilize the information of the market structure and demand for the gig jobs labor market and devise appropriate strategies to support the gig economy as a new source of growth.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAhmad, N. (2021). Gig Workers: The New Employment Form in the New Economy. Ulum Islamiyyah, 33(S4), 131-145. https://doi.org/10.33102/uij.vol33noS4.419en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.33102/uij.vol33noS4.419
dc.identifier.epage145
dc.identifier.issn1675-5936
dc.identifier.issueS4
dc.identifier.other215-59
dc.identifier.spage131
dc.identifier.urihttps://uijournal.usim.edu.my/index.php/uij/article/view/419
dc.identifier.urihttps://oarep.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/15933
dc.identifier.volume33
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUSIM Pressen_US
dc.relation.ispartofUlum Islamiyyah: Malaysian Journal of Islamic Sciencesen_US
dc.subjectgig workers, digital economy, traditional jobs, gig economyen_US
dc.titleGig Workers: The New Employment Form In The New Economyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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