Uber for nurses? US health workers turn to gig work

Uber-style gig platforms promise US nurses good wages and flexibility – but workers warn against labour abuse and shoddy patient care. — Photo by Rusty Watson on Unsplash

LOS ANGELES: Last spring, after six years working as a nurse in care homes around Ohio and making between US$500 to US$600 a week, Sadie decided she needed to try something new.

On the advice of a colleague, she downloaded Clipboard Health, an Uber-style app that allowed her to book short-term stints in elderly care facilities, for as much as twice the pay of some of the previous jobs she worked.