A 59-hour week is common for Singapore gig workers, study shows


SINGAPORE, March 1 (Bloomberg): Drivers for Singapore’s food delivery and ride-hailing companies are often working almost 60 hours a week, a survey found, underscoring the lack of protections for gig workers in the city-state.

About 29% of drivers work more than 59 hours a week, according to a survey of nearly 1,000 workers by the National University of Singapore’s Institute of Policy Studies. About one-quarter of the drivers surveyed worked for exclusively for Gojek. The rest said they also drove for other companies, including Grab Holdings Ltd.

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