MoM, ILO convene first global dialogue on digital platform work

It aims to establish a trusted framework for digital platform employment.

The Global Dialogue on Digital Platform Work opened today in Singapore, bringing together over 150 policymakers, statisticians, social partners, platform operators, and researchers from around the world.

Hosted by the Ministry of Manpower (MoM), Singapore's Manpower Research and Statistics Department (MRSD) and the International Labour Organisation (ILO),  it aims to establish a trusted framework for digital platform employment (DPE).

In line with this, MoM and the ILO produced a working paper which called for standardised concepts and methods.

It will emphasise the importance of better data and analysis to strengthen protection through legislation; support the development of harmonised statistics, and seize opportunities in the platform economy.

Singapore is amongst the first globally to conduct annual national surveys on platform work since 2016. From then till 2024, the number of workers who preferred such work as their main job grew by an average of 7% a year.