gig economy

Electric scooters are pictured on a sidewalk in Paris in June 2018. Multiple companies offer the small vehicles for rent by the minute in cities around the world, including many in the U.S.

National

Who Charges All Those Electric Scooters? Follow A Nocturnal 'Juicer'

10:44am March 13, 2019

by Camila Domonoske

Bird and Lime offer electric scooters for rent in cities across America. The companies pay a few dollars a pop to an army of people who prowl the streets for the scooters and take them home to charge.

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If you do gig work, NPR's Morning Edition wants to hear from you.

Do You Work In The Gig Economy? We Want To Hear From You

1:31pm March 01, 2019

by Laura Roman

If you do gig work, NPR's Morning Edition wants to hear from you.

"No one really explains to you taxes, and contracts, and how to chase a client for that bill that they owe you — like, the nitty-gritty," says P. Kim Bui, a freelance consultant.

Economy

Going It Solo: The Complicated Financial Lives Of Freelancers

12:59pm October 03, 2018

by Yuki Noguchi

For a growing population of independent workers, the flexibility of contract work comes with the headache of dealing with taxes and other issues that employers would normally handle.

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Ajmal Faqiri, third from left, interpreting for former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates.

An Afghan Military Interpreter Finds Footing In The U.S. Gig Economy

7:18pm April 01, 2018

Ajmal Faqiri came to the U.S. on a Special Immigrant Visa after working as a interpreter and translator for the U.S. military in his home country of Afghanistan. Now, he works the gig economy.

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