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This book provides an innovative perspective on labour law within the platform economy. Exploring mechanisms for the protection of platform work, the book covers judicial decisions on the classification of platform work, collective bargaining, social protection and ownership of workers’ personal data. The global workforce is undergoing immense change, particularly in relation to technology. This book delves into the rising issue of platform workers’ personal data ownership and the equitable distribution of economic gains arising from its commercialization. Through comparing legislative frameworks and proposed laws from a diverse range of global jurisdictions, the book identifies optimal regulatory measures to safeguard the rights of platform workers. Furthermore, it analyzes in detail the European Directive pertaining to platform work and envisages the essential components of an ideal International Labour Organization (ILO) standard in this domain. The book will be of interest to students and scholars in the field of worker’s rights, the platform economy and labour law.

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Luz Rodríguez is Professor of Labour Law at the University of Castilla–La Mancha (Spain). She has worked as a Labour Market Institutions Specialist for the International Labour Organization (Geneva), where she produced the global report “Decent Work in the Platform Economy”. As an author of more than 90 publications on employment and industrial relations, she is considered one of the leading experts on digital platform work. Rodríguez is currently spearheading research initiatives, including a European project focused on the utilization of platform workers’ personal data to bolster collective bargaining and a Next Generation-funded project centred on labour-and-business-related digital rights.

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