Friday was the first time Statistics Canada released data on gig work, signalling its growing role in the economy. Read more
Friday was the first time Statistics Canada released data on gig work — which it characterizes as “short-term tasks, projects, or jobs, with no assurance of steady employment” — signalling its growing role in the economy.
Marwa Abdou, senior research director at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, says the gig economy has been bolstered by shifting attitudes to work and a tight labour market.Article content Many businesses have continued to allow employees to work from home since the onset of the pandemic, encouraging workers to value flexibility, she said. Businesses that are struggling to hire in a tight labour market can take advantage of independent contractors.
“You’re seeing more people to gig jobs in order to increase their flexibility and take advantage of that,” Abdou said. “It also helps ease or alleviate some of the costs that they would otherwise have incurred in terms of hiring people.”Low barriers to entry may attract Canadian newcomers to jobs driving for such companies as DoorDash Inc. and Uber Technologies Inc., Abdou said.
“As small business owners continue to deal with an evolving catalogue of difficult decisions in this economy , the gig economy allows them to cut operating costs by simply changing how and where they can source talent,” Abdou said in an email.
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