Gig Workers with Disabilities: Opportunities, Challenges, and Regulatory Response

• Published in: Journal of occupational rehabilitation Vol. 30; no. 4; pp. 511 - 520
• Main Authors: Harpur, Paul, Blanck, Peter
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.12.2020; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Clinical Psychology; Contracts; Coronaviruses; Disabilities; Disabled Persons; Economics; Employment - psychology; Environmental Health; Gig economy; Health Psychology; Humans; Internet; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Occupational Medicine/Industrial Medicine; Orthopedics; Pandemics; People with disabilities; Regulatory reform; Rehabilitation; Workers with disabilities; Workforce - trends; Workplace; COVID-19; Right to employment; Workplace; Government regulation; Disability studies

Purpose This article examines gig work—typified by technologically-based, on-demand, independent contractor arrangements—for people with disabilities. Methods To do so, it draws upon prior and current research to describe the nature of gig work for people with disabilities, as well as the challenges...