Overview

Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. Providing a comprehensive, interdisciplinary overview of the gig economy from both a labour and employment perspective, this Research Agenda goes beyond the question of the employment status of platform workers. It investigates how the gig economy is changing the way people work, how the platforms’ business models are spreading in our economies, and what labour and social institutions are needed to respond to the challenges that platform work raises. Covering key issues such as algorithmic management, discrimination, occupational health and safety, casual work and collective labour rights, the authors challenge the narrative that the gig economy is a set of work arrangements that cannot be regulated through existing labour legislation and governance forms. The impact of the gig economy in developing countries and the regulation of global supply changes in platform work are also addressed. With contributions from world-leading authors, this Research Agenda will be crucial reading for scholars of labour and employment law, sociologists, economists and industrial relations specialists.

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Author:   Valerio De Stefano ,  Ilda Durri ,  Charalampos Stylogiannis ,  Mathias Wouters
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:  

9781800883505

ISBN 10:   1800883501
Pages:   260
Publication Date:   18 November 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents: 1 Introduction to A Research Agenda for the Gig Economy and Society 1 Valerio De Stefano, Ilda Durri, Charalampos Stylogiannis, Mathias Wouters 2 Exclusion by default: Platform workers' quest for labour protections 13 Valerio De Stefano, Ilda Durri, Charalampos Stylogiannis, Mathias Wouters 3 The impact of the gig-economy on occupational health and safety: Just an occupation hazard? 33 Aude Cefaliello, Cristina Inversi 4 Algorithmic discrimination, the role of GPS, and the limited scope of EU non-discrimination law 53 Elena Gramano, Miriam Kullmann 5 The law and worker voice in the gig economy 73 Alan Bogg, Ricardo Buendia 6 Platform economy and the risk of in-work poverty: A research agenda for social security lawyers 93 Paul Schoukens, Alberto Barrio, Eleni De Becker 7 Platform work and precariousness: Low earnings and limited control of work 113 Iain Campbell 8 On demand work as a legal framework to understand the gig economy 133 Ruth Dukes 9 Domestic work and the gig economy 149 Natalie Sedacca 10 Is flexibility and autonomy a myth or reality on taxi platforms? Comparison between traditional and app-based taxi drivers in developing countries 167 Uma Rani, Nora Gobel, Rishabh Kumar Dhir 11 The emerging geographies of platform labour: Intensifying trends in global capitalism 193 Kelle Howson, Alessio Bertolini, Srujana Katta, Funda Ustek-Spilda, Mark Graham 12 Crowdwork and global supply chains: Regulating digital piecework 215 Nastazja Potocka-Sionek Index 235

Reviews

'This important volume lays bare the significance of platform work for the wider world of work and for society at large. Through a multidisciplinary perspective it addresses a myriad of issues concerning platform work that have not received their due attention such as occupational safety and health, discrimination, and gaps in cross-border governance. The editors and contributors have done a fantastic job in making clear both the exceptional - and the unexceptional - aspects of platform work and thus provide a useful guide to scholars, social partners and policymakers of how to shape the gig economy so that it can be of benefit to all.' -- Janine Berg, International Labour Organization, Geneva, Switzerland 'If the last two years have undoubtedly represented a quantum leap in the understanding and regulation of platform work at the European and national level, this volume marks the beginning of a second age of the multidisciplinary research on forms of work organized by technology. Thought-provoking contributions by brilliant authors from various scientific and geographical backgrounds pave the way for a new season of critical thinking, impactful inquiry and regulatory intervention. A much-recommended reading!' -- Antonio Aloisi, IE University, Madrid, Spain

‘This important volume lays bare the significance of platform work for the wider world of work and for society at large. Through a multidisciplinary perspective it addresses a myriad of issues concerning platform work that have not received their due attention such as occupational safety and health, discrimination, and gaps in cross-border governance. The editors and contributors have done a fantastic job in making clear both the exceptional – and the unexceptional – aspects of platform work and thus provide a useful guide to scholars, social partners and policymakers of how to shape the gig economy so that it can be of benefit to all.’ -- Janine Berg, International Labour Organization, Geneva, Switzerland ‘If the last two years have undoubtedly represented a quantum leap in the understanding and regulation of platform work at the European and national level, this volume marks the beginning of a second age of the multidisciplinary research on forms of work organized by technology. Thought-provoking contributions by brilliant authors from various scientific and geographical backgrounds pave the way for a new season of critical thinking, impactful inquiry and regulatory intervention. A much-recommended reading!’ -- Antonio Aloisi, IE University, Madrid, Spain

Author Information

Edited by Valerio De Stefano, PhD, Canada Research Chair in Innovation, Law and Society, Associate Professor of Law, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto, Canada, Ilda Durri, Charalampos Stylogiannis, PhD Candidates, Institute for Labour Law, KU Leuven, Belgium and Mathias Wouters, PhD, legal adviser on the law of the Benelux countries, Swiss Institute for Comparative Law, Lausanne, Switzerland

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