Regulating labour platforms, the data deficit

Artikel

It is widely reported that there is a data deficit regarding working conditions in the gig economy. It is known, however, that workers are disadvantaged because they are not classed as employees with the result that they lack work-related entitlements and may not be protected by the social welfare safety net. nor is this compatible with the social market economy enshrined in the European Union treaties. Two obstacles are that labour law and social policy are mainly a national competence and that platforms are reluctant to share data with regulators. In this paper I take the specific case of offline labour platforms intermediated by app and smart phone such as driving and delivering and look for new pathways between access to data and the shaping of public policy in member states with potentially legal certainty.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: European Journal of Government and Economics (EJGE) ; ISSN: 2254-7088 ; Volume: 7 ; Year: 2018 ; Issue: 1 ; Pages: 5-23 ; A Coruña: Universidade da Coruña

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft
• Subject: Data ; gig economy ; social market ; labour platforms ; public policy ; soft power

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Hawley, Adrian John
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Universidade da Coruña
• (where): A Coruña
• (when): 2018

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.17979/ejge.2018.7.1.4330
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/217761
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET