To be or not to be a platform worker? Lithuanian case in the context of EU countries

The first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, which peaked in 2020, and the unprecedented demand for home delivery services have led to the growth of platform work in many countries all over the world. The article analyses the situation of platform workers in the Lithuania’s labour market in the context...

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Main Authors: Rasa Miežienė, Inga Blažienė, Boguslavas Gruževskis
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Language:English
Published: Vilnius Gediminas Technical University 2022-12-01
Series:Business: Theory and Practice
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Online Access:https://journals.vilniustech.lt/index.php/BTP/article/view/17229
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description The first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, which peaked in 2020, and the unprecedented demand for home delivery services have led to the growth of platform work in many countries all over the world. The article analyses the situation of platform workers in the Lithuania’s labour market in the context of other EU countries. The paper presents the findings of a survey of platform workers carried out to define the social-economic picture of platform workers and identify their attitudes towards platform work in Lithuania. The survey has shown that the labour market situation of platform workers in Lithuania follows trends similar to other European countries in terms of socio-demographic characteristics, preferences and challenges. Slightly more significant differences between EU countries and Lithuania can be observed when analysing platform workers’ working time and earnings.
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spelling doaj.art-5cd1f6e5464c4db0a5e53a391ed225e02024-02-02T09:21:30ZengVilnius Gediminas Technical UniversityBusiness: Theory and Practice1648-06271822-42022022-12-0123210.3846/btp.2022.17229To be or not to be a platform worker? Lithuanian case in the context of EU countriesRasa Miežienė0Inga Blažienė1Boguslavas Gruževskis2Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences, Labour Market Research Institute, Vilnius, LithuaniaLithuanian Centre for Social Sciences, Labour Market Research Institute, Vilnius, LithuaniaLithuanian Centre for Social Sciences, Labour Market Research Institute, Vilnius, Lithuania The first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, which peaked in 2020, and the unprecedented demand for home delivery services have led to the growth of platform work in many countries all over the world. The article analyses the situation of platform workers in the Lithuania’s labour market in the context of other EU countries. The paper presents the findings of a survey of platform workers carried out to define the social-economic picture of platform workers and identify their attitudes towards platform work in Lithuania. The survey has shown that the labour market situation of platform workers in Lithuania follows trends similar to other European countries in terms of socio-demographic characteristics, preferences and challenges. Slightly more significant differences between EU countries and Lithuania can be observed when analysing platform workers’ working time and earnings. https://journals.vilniustech.lt/index.php/BTP/article/view/17229platform workplatform workersdigital labour platformsLithuania
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To be or not to be a platform worker? Lithuanian case in the context of EU countries
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platform work
platform workers
digital labour platforms
Lithuania
title To be or not to be a platform worker? Lithuanian case in the context of EU countries
title_full To be or not to be a platform worker? Lithuanian case in the context of EU countries
title_fullStr To be or not to be a platform worker? Lithuanian case in the context of EU countries
title_full_unstemmed To be or not to be a platform worker? Lithuanian case in the context of EU countries
title_short To be or not to be a platform worker? Lithuanian case in the context of EU countries
title_sort to be or not to be a platform worker lithuanian case in the context of eu countries
topic platform work
platform workers
digital labour platforms
Lithuania
url https://journals.vilniustech.lt/index.php/BTP/article/view/17229
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