SG study: Delivery, private-hire platform workers risk being trapped in poverty, precarity


The flexibility on offer is a major draw for platform workers, with 76% of the drivers citing it as a reason why they became PHV drivers. — The Straits Times/ANN

SINGAPORE: Food delivery and private-hire vehicle (PHV) platforms allow people from low-income backgrounds to earn a quick buck and much more than what they normally would, but these workers run the risk of becoming trapped in poverty and precarity.

Researchers from the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) warned of this in a study published on Monday (Feb 28).

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