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Regulating the working conditions of platform work: What can we learn from EU member states?
Guinea, Oscar; Sisto, Elena; du Roy, Oscar - 2024
This Policy Brief offers a comprehensive evaluation and comparison of the regulatory frameworks governing platform work in four European countries. The comparative analysis draws upon research conducted by the OECD and the World Economic Forum (WEF) on the principles of good regulation. Adapting...
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Using GDPR to improve legal clarity and working conditions on digital labour platforms: Can a code of conduct as provided for by Article 40 of the General Data Protection Regulatio...
Silberman, Michael; Johnston, Hannah - 2020
about how to use GDPR to address the 'procedural problems' faced by platform workers, regardless of their employment status. …
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Digital labour platforms and migrant workers: Analysing migrants' working conditions and (over)representation in platform work in Europe
Zwysen, Wouter; Piasna, Agnieszka - 2024
Working for labour platforms is still relatively rare, but the generally poor working conditions and the impact on the world of work are the subject of much debate. Although data are scarce, there is a general consensus that migrants are overrepresented in this type of work. Platforms may well...
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Mental health and working conditions in European countries
Cottini, Elena; Lucifora, Claudio - 2010
Increased pressure for labour market flexibility and increasing demand over workers' performance have fostered the idea that working conditions, in most European countries, have progressively deteriorated with adverse effects on psychological well being and mental health. This paper investigates...
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The platform economy and social law: Key issues in comparative perspective
Daugareilh, Isabelle (contributor);  … - 2019
This Working Paper brings together two parallel but complementary approaches to the impact of the platform economy on working conditions and social law. The first part of the study shows that the business models of some platforms is a combination of technological disruption and social evasion....
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Work in the platform economy: Deliveroo riders in Belgium and the SMart arrangement
Drahokoupil, Jan; Piasna, Agnieszka - 2019
This paper presents a case study of the food delivery platform, Deliveroo, in Belgium in 2016-2018. The case offers insights on the nature of platform work, the workers who perform it, the preferences of workers, the strategy of the platforms, and the role of local regulations. Interestingly,...
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Creative labour in the era of Covid‑19: The case of freelancers
Pulignano, Valeria; Domecka, Markieta; Muszyński, Karol; … - 2021
This working paper identifies some key areas of policy intervention for advancing socially sustainable and fair solutions for freelancers working in the creative industries, who are among those have suffered the most from the economic fallout of the Covid‑19 pandemic. In particular, we focus...
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Économie de plateforme et droit social : enjeux prospectifs et approche juridique comparative
Daugareilh, Isabelle (contributor);  … - 2019
This Working Paper brings together two parallel but complementary approaches to the impact of the platform economy on working conditions and social law. The first part of the study shows that the business models of some platforms is a combination of technological disruption and social evasion....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014565920
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Heatwaves as an occupational hazard: The impact of heat and heatwaves on workers' health, safety and wellbeing and on social inequalities
Narocki, Claudia - 2021
Weather-related heat exposure has become a sanitary concern given the wide repercussions it has for health. Both physiological and epidemiological research show that the impact of heat on human health goes far beyond acute heat conditions such as potentially fatal heat strokes. Heat exacerbates...
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Die Logistik im Fokus empirischer Analysen: Arbeitsbedingungen und Arbeitsfähigkeit in der Lagerwirtschaft sowie den Post- und Zustelldiensten
Certa, Mathias; Schröder, Tim - In: Zeitschrift für Arbeitswissenschaft 75 (2020) 3, pp. 251-265
Die zunehmende Digitalisierung führt zu veränderten Arbeitsbedingungen in verschiedenen Bereichen der Logistik, wie der … Intralogistik und den Post- und Zustelldiensten. Für beide Berufsgruppen gelten die Arbeitsbedingungen als äußerst belastend … können für beide Berufsgruppen vor allem bei organisatorischen Arbeitsbedingungen wie der sozialen Unterstützung oder eines …
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