Labour ministers of EU member-states are set to finalise their position on the Platform Work Directive, with reports that France – the state must opposed to strong employment rights in the Directive – now holds […]
Co-op Cycle is a federation of bike delivery co-operatives with 60 affiliated co-op’s in Europe. In this open letter, they criticise the French Government’s approach towards Uberisation and argue for strong employment rights for platform […]
Co-op Cycle est une fédération de coopératives de livraison à vélo qui compte 60 coopératives affiliées en Europe. Dans cette lettre ouverte, elles critiquent l’approche du gouvernement français à l’égard de l’Uberisation et plaident en […]
Belgium introduced a platform work law on 1 January that has so far not changed anything. Gig Economy Project co-ordinator Ben Wray visited Brussels to find out what the problem is, and what lessons there […]
Trade unions and platform worker collectives across Europe have signed the following open letter addressed to ministers of labour of the EU member-states, calling for them to support a Platform Work Directive on the Council […]
A deep insight into the harsh reality of being an undocumented migrant worker in the gig economy Pedro Mendonça is an Associate Professor of Work and Employment at Heriot-Watt University. Ian Clark is Professor in […]
For International Workers Day, Gig Economy Project co-ordinator Ben Wray finds that digital labour platforms are responding to the inflation crisis by finding new algorithmic means to ratchet up the rate of exploitation, but platform […]
Benedikt Hopmann is the lawyer for three Gorillas app-based grocery delivery workers in Berlin, who were fired in 2021 after participating in a wildcat strike. On Tuesday [25 April], the workers challenged their dismissal on […]
What role do sub-contractors play in the platform economy? Can they really be considered employers? The Gig Economy Project spoke to trade unionist and labour law expert Sunčica Brnardić to explore the Croatian case, where […]
The ‘Equal opportunities in platform work’ (‘Chancengerechte Plattformarbeit’) project released two studies in February and March on the relationship between platform work and social exclusion/participation. The authors write for the Gig Economy Project summarising their […]
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