As part of the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights, the European Commission has adopted a proposal for a Council Recommendation on access to social protection for workers and the self-employed.
Law Professor Jeremias Adams-Prassl explores the rise of the “algorithmic boss” and how artificial intelligence and the development of new technology has and will continue to impact the labour market.
EU countries finally adopted the platform work directive at a meeting of EU labour ministers on Monday (11 March), after Estonia and Greece, which had abstained in the past, voted in favour “in the spirit of compromise”.
On his delivery route through Orange County, California, Joseph Alvarado made 153 stops one day last week for Amazon.com Inc, touching the inside and outside of his van, more than 225 packages, and dozens of customers’ doors and gates.
El último Acuerdo social sitúa a España en cabeza de la UE en el reconocimiento de los derechos laborales de las personas que trabajan en reparto de plataformas digitales
The digital platform observatory is a joint initiative of ETUC, IRES and ASTREES, funded by the European Commission. It brings together trade unionists, experts, activists, specialists of workers representation and collective action in the platform economy.
El texto reconoce la relación laboral existente entre el repartidor y las compañías, en línea con la sentencia del Tribunal Supremo, y obliga a las empresas a informar a los sindicatos sobre el funcionamiento de los algoritmos de la aplicación
The Institute of Economic and Social Research (WSI) is an independent academic institute within the Hans-Böckler-Stiftung. The institute focuses on the improvement of life chances, on social justice and fair working and living conditions.
The Fairwork Germany 2020 report (English; German) highlights how platforms in Germany fare in the working conditions they provide to their workers. This research is particularly timely in light of the COVID-19 public health crisis, which has brought the risks faced by front-line platform workers into sharp relief.
On 04 December, the Land of Bavaria’s Labor Tribunal in Munich delivered one of the first rulings on the legal status of online platform workers and deemed them not to hold employee worker status.
The Verge interviews anthropologist Mary L. Gray about her new book with Siddharth Suri called Ghost Work: How to Stop Silicon Valley from Building a New Global Underclass (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt).
Can organized labor and the threat of lawsuits force YouTube to treat users more fairly? The YouTubers Union, which last week joined forces with Europe’s largest trade union, hopes so. The group is pushing YouTube to be more transparent in decision-making—and arguing that the company’s current practices violate data privacy laws. It’s an unconventional approach.…