Regulating labour platforms, the data deficit
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 s...
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-27e62b85b07340d49a8c1db5221648212022-12-21T19:48:57ZengUniversity of A CorunaEuropean Journal of Government and Economics2254-70882018-06-017152363Regulating labour platforms, the data deficitAdrian John Hawley0Royal Holloway University of LondonIt 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.http://www.ejge.org/index.php/ejge/article/view/170Datagig economysocial marketlabour platformspublic policysoft power |
| spellingShingle | Adrian John Hawley Regulating labour platforms, the data deficit European Journal of Government and Economics Data gig economy social market labour platforms public policy soft power |
| title | Regulating labour platforms, the data deficit |
| title_full | Regulating labour platforms, the data deficit |
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| title_short | Regulating labour platforms, the data deficit |
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| topic | Data gig economy social market labour platforms public policy soft power |
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