I take issue with the word 'quietly'. The gig economy is pretty much designed to do an end-run around worker protections, starting off by denying the workers so much as an employment agreement.
The difference is all the more striking in countries that had above average worker protections in place. A large contributing factor here is that due to the internet's international nature it is very well possible that the enabler is in a jurisdiction that is entirely different from the one where the work is carried out.
Free-market fanatics see this all as a good thing but I'm really not happy with this rapid return to piece-work, which was outlawed in favor of hourly rates and minimum wages.
The difference is all the more striking in countries that had above average worker protections in place. A large contributing factor here is that due to the internet's international nature it is very well possible that the enabler is in a jurisdiction that is entirely different from the one where the work is carried out.
Free-market fanatics see this all as a good thing but I'm really not happy with this rapid return to piece-work, which was outlawed in favor of hourly rates and minimum wages.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piece_work