Fairwork Philippines (Fairwork PH) launched its 2025 report, “ Labour on the Edge: Riding Through Extreme Weather and Precarious Labour ” on 30 September 2025 at Room 1403, Bro. Andrew Gonzalez Hall, De La Salle University - Manila.

The Fairwork 2025 report evaluated nine major platforms in the ride-hailing and delivery sectors,

namely: Angkas, GrabCar, GrabFood/Express, Foodpanda, JoyRide Car, JoyRide MC Taxi,

Lalamove, Maxim, and Move It, against the Fairwork principles of fair pay, fair conditions, fair

contracts, fair management, and fair representation. Interviews were conducted with workers

from Metro Manila, Rizal, Cavite, Laguna, Bulacan, Pampanga, Cebu, Bohol, Davao, and Iligan.

Fairwork PH examined the growing precarity of platform work amid worsening climate

conditions in the Philippines, which has consistently ranked as the most disaster-prone country

in the World Risk Index report.

Dr. Cheryll Soriano, Principal Investigator of Fairwork PH, presented the highlights of the report,

noting that in the third research round, there remains little improvement in the working

conditions in the platform economy, with the Fairwork league table representing generally low

performance.

She said, “Platform workers across the country are exposed to harsher working conditions exacerbated by extreme heat or heavy rains and flooding, but still with limited soc