Attempts to investigate working conditions and labour rights in the UK gig economy have been hampered by the hard-to-reach nature of this population. Most existing studies have overcome this difficulty by using a qualitative research design where sample size is less important. When UK...

Besides straining international, regional and national employment status classification models, digital labour platforms are pioneering new strategies and approaches in terms of algorithmic management, digital surveillance, remote work and cross-border outsourcing, which are increasingly being...

Intro -- Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword / Robert M. Solow and Eric Wanner -- Chapter 1. Introduction and Overview / Eileen Appelbaum, Gerhard Bosch, Jérôme Gautié, Geoff Mason, Ken Mayhew, Wiemer Salverda, John Schmitt, and Niels Westergaard-Nielsen -- Part I. Low-Wage Work and National...

Context and history -- A global perspective -- Overview of workers' essential need and forms of legal protection -- Substantive rights to minimum pay and safety standards -- Procedural rights : freedom of association and job security standards -- Exclusion from jurisdiction as a regulatory...