Designing benefit plans for ‘platform workers’
The work is flexible so the benefits should be, too
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THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY has seen significant growth in the “platform workforce:” workers who complete tasks via apps or platforms that allow them to control their own schedule. As of August, 2021, 16 percent of Americans had performed platform work. This new form of work raises a number of challenging issues for labor market policy. Among(...)