By NEO Digital platforms – from online marketplaces to social media – are no longer just convenient places to shop, stream, ...

Alejandro G. thought that driving full-time for Uber in Houston offered freedom – flexible hours, quick cash, and time to care for his young son. But that promise faded fast. “There are hours when I ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Aleksandra Bal covers indirect tax and technology developments. Current regulations do not require platforms to collect VAT on ...

For most of modern economic history, markets functioned as relatively open systems. Consumers interacted directly with retailers, service providers, transport operators and businesses within broadly ...

Big tech is rapidly consolidating its economic power, according to this unsettling study from legal scholar Wu (The Attention Merchants). Unlike the internet’s first prominent platforms, which brought ...

The rise of technology in the workplace, labour market deregulation and the decline in union representation have all significantly impacted the occupational health and safety field. Occupational ...

South Africa’s minister of employment and labour has published a sweeping set of proposed amendments to the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, the Employment Equity Act and the National Minimum Wage ...