Platform work

Its co-authored study also reveals a total addressable market of 40.7 million women willing to work as driver-partners in South-east Asia 

It follows Grab’s recognition of the NTUC-affiliated National Taxi Association to represent taxi drivers on its platform

Platform work association members will have full voting rights

Strong national data and international collaboration could turn this critical workforce from invisible to included

Other recommendations aim for fairer and safer working conditions

It will also look into other challenges that platform workers face, such as a lack of income stability

The company says the revisions could have been ‘better implemented’

This excludes other costs, such as workplace injury compensation insurance, which is estimated to reach US$32 million a year

It will also sponsor six months of association memberships for new member sign-ups