Digital economy

Platform workers: Council confirms agreement on new rules to improve their working conditions

Submitted by pmassetti on Tue, 03/12/2024 - 16:00

consilium.europa.eu (11.03.2024) EU employment and social affairs ministers confirmed the provisional agreement reached on 8 February 2024 between the Council’s presidency and the European Parliament’s negotiators on the platform work directive. This EU legal act aims to improve working conditions and regulate the use of algorithms by digital labour platforms. The directive will make the use of algorithms in human resources management more transparent, ensuring that automated systems are monitored by qualified staff and that workers have the right to contest automated decisions.

Regions / Country
european union
Topics
Extension of coverage
Digital economy
Digital plateform workers
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Platform work in developing economies: Can digitilisation drive structural transformation?

Submitted by pmassetti on Mon, 03/04/2024 - 15:32

ilo.org (31.12.2023) This paper discusses the expansion or penetration of digital economic activity in the context of developing economies, and what this may mean for economic or structural transformations for countries in the global South. We ask what possibilities new jobs and forms of work in the digital economy hold – in particular platform work – for the productive transformation of economies in ways that contribute to achieving the goals of human, inclusive and sustainable development. What are the impacts on work and workers in this process?

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Digital economy
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Platform workers and social security: Recent developments in Europe | International Social Security Association (ISSA)

Submitted by rruggia on Thu, 11/02/2023 - 16:33

In Europe, as globally, platform work remains a growing phenomenon. This article explores how recent developments in Europe affect platform workers’ rights and access to social security. In particular, it considers recent steps toward the appropriate classification of certain workers, changes in working conditions, and the extension of new rights and responsibilities

Regions / Country
Europe
Global challenges
Topics
Difficult-to-cover groups
Digital economy
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Digital Platforms
Digital Economy Observatory : Only Tags
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Between flexibility and precariousness, all eyes are on Brussels’ move on platform workers

Submitted by pmassetti on Mon, 11/22/2021 - 15:45

euractiv (19.11.2021) The European Commission, which is due to present its proposal on platform workers on 8 December, faces a tricky balancing act: ensuring decent working conditions while maintaining the flexibility of a booming sector.

Regions / Country
Europe
Topics
Digital economy
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Digital Platforms
Digital Economy Observatory : Only Tags
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US: Prop 22: why Uber's victory in California could harm gig workers nationwide

Submitted by pmassetti on Thu, 11/12/2020 - 12:07

The Guardian (11.11.2020) Ballot measure exempting ride-sharing companies from treating drivers as employees could serve as model for future laws

Regions / Country
United States
Topics
Digital economy
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Digital Platforms
Document Type