<story><title>Majority of gig economy workers are earning below minimum wage: research</title><url>https://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2023/may/gig-economy-worker-research.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>CraigJPerry</author><text>&amp;gt;&amp;gt; an average of 28 hours&lt;p&gt;I wonder if this hours figure is calculated the same way the gig companies calculate minimum wage.&lt;p&gt;I.e. that 28 hours represents only time spent in performing the delivery task. Any waiting around beforehand when not assigned a task is not counted as working hours for the purposes of min wage calculation. If this is true (and that needs verifying) then this 28 might be a 40 hours where the person was unable to get on with their other life duties even if they weren’t technically working.</text></item><item><author>KMnO4</author><text>I can’t tell how to interpret this. Doing gig work doesn’t pay well, but respondents are doing an average of 28 hours of work per week.&lt;p&gt;Something is missing from the picture. If the takeaway is that gig workers are struggling to pay living expenses, I would expect that to be reflected by working 50-60+ hours per week.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Neil44</author><text>According to the study it includes hours spent logged on waiting for jobs, which I think is a correct and meaningful way to measure it. I guess this is mostly people trying to top up their primary income.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bristol.ac.uk&amp;#x2F;media-library&amp;#x2F;sites&amp;#x2F;business-school&amp;#x2F;documents&amp;#x2F;Gig%20Rights%20&amp;amp;%20Gig%20Wrongs%20Report.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bristol.ac.uk&amp;#x2F;media-library&amp;#x2F;sites&amp;#x2F;business-schoo...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Majority of gig economy workers are earning below minimum wage: research</title><url>https://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2023/may/gig-economy-worker-research.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>CraigJPerry</author><text>&amp;gt;&amp;gt; an average of 28 hours&lt;p&gt;I wonder if this hours figure is calculated the same way the gig companies calculate minimum wage.&lt;p&gt;I.e. that 28 hours represents only time spent in performing the delivery task. Any waiting around beforehand when not assigned a task is not counted as working hours for the purposes of min wage calculation. If this is true (and that needs verifying) then this 28 might be a 40 hours where the person was unable to get on with their other life duties even if they weren’t technically working.</text></item><item><author>KMnO4</author><text>I can’t tell how to interpret this. Doing gig work doesn’t pay well, but respondents are doing an average of 28 hours of work per week.&lt;p&gt;Something is missing from the picture. If the takeaway is that gig workers are struggling to pay living expenses, I would expect that to be reflected by working 50-60+ hours per week.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>darkwater</author><text>I agree on the spirit of your take but then you should count the commuting hours for the rest of workers as well. If you need 1 hour to get to work and 1 to get back, you are already working (or giving your time to your work place) 50 hours a week</text></comment>