EU: UNI Europa publishes the results of its Crowd Working Survey on Austria

Following the publication of the results from crowd working surveys that Uni Europa, carried out on the UK, Sweden and the Netherlands (c.f. article No. 9753), the European Union Services Federation, has published its Austria survey results. These surveys give an idea of how much these types of workers earn from web-based platforms relative to their total earnings and also on the types of jobs that are being promoted.
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The survey conducted jointly by the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS), the UK market company Ipsos MORI, the Vienna Chamber of Labour AK Wien, and the University of Hertfordshire, arrives at similar findings to its previous surveys (c.f. article No. 9753). Thus in Austria a ‘substantial minority’ uses crowd working as a significant source of income with 2% saying it is the only source and 11% saying that it represents more than half. The authors found that the actual income rec

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