Labour on the Edge: Riding through Extreme Weather and Precarious Labour

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Project Document

Publication Date

2025

Description

The Fairwork Philippines Ratings 2025 evaluates nine ride-hailing and delivery platforms operating in the Philippines using five principles: fair pay, fair conditions, fair contracts, fair management, and fair representation. The assessment draws on desk research, evidence submitted by participating platforms, and in-depth interviews with 55 platform workers from ten areas in the country. GrabCar received the highest score at 3 out of 10, followed by GrabFood/Express with 2, while Angkas, Lalamove, and Move It each received 1 point. Foodpanda, JoyRide Car, JoyRide MC Taxi, and Maxim received no points because the study found insufficient evidence that they met the required thresholds. The findings indicate limited progress in improving platform workers’ conditions. None of the platforms demonstrated that workers consistently earned at least the minimum wage after work-related costs, and no platform met the standards for fair representation. The report also examines how extreme heat, heavy rainfall, flooding, and typhoons intensify workers’ exposure to health, safety, and income risks. It further highlights gender-related vulnerabilities, including caregiving burdens, harassment, limited access to safe facilities, and discrimination. The report recommends stronger labour and social protection policies, climate-responsive safety measures, clearer contracts, fairer management processes, and formal mechanisms for collective worker voice. 

About the Project

Fairwork Philippines is hosted by the De La Salle University–Social Development Research Center, with researchers from Ateneo de Manila University, the University of the Philippines School of Labor and Industrial Relations, and the University of Oxford. Fairwork is coordinated by the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, and the Berlin Social Science Center. The Fairwork Philippines Ratings 2025 was funded by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).

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