Gig workers and the regulation of platforms

Several US states and large cities in the country are taking action in a bid to regulate the legal Wild West that is the so-called gig economy. California, Seattle and New York City are on the...

2 December 2019

Great Britain : employment tribunal asks CJEU for clarification on the status of ‘worker’ in the context of the gig economy

Does the fact an individual has the right to hire a replacement, to do part or all of their work, mean they cannot be considered a ‘worker’? This is a question that has recently been referred by...

20 September 2019

Great Britain: the gig economy – a threat or opportunity for British trade unions

With 4.7 million British currently estimated as working on a per-job basis across a variety of online work platforms, trade unions and experts in the field agreed to discuss with Planet Labor the...

3 July 2019

Gig economy: university initiative seeks to set better standards for benefit of platform workers

“There are now over seven million digital platform workers that live all over the world, doing work that is outsourced via platforms or apps. Platform work provides essential income and...

19 April 2019

United Kingdom: May blows the cobwebs off the labour code, without taking action on zero-hour contracts or the gig economy

On 17 December, the UK government unveiled a package of labour reforms, which it believes are the biggest for 20 years. The government’s Good Work Plan, which is a response to the Taylor report...

17 December 2018

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