Work platforms: issues and regulatory options

The "Expert's Eye" debate on the note "Work platforms: issues and avenues for regulation".

This note was published on 09 April by the Governance and Regulation Chair, which then proposed a conference in a short format where an expert on the subject shared their comments on the note with its author, on Thursday 29 April 2021 from 6pm.

Speakers :

Work platforms, which have gradually become ubiquitous in our daily lives, are raising questions about employment law in more ways than one: are work platforms employers? Should platform workers be considered as employees? How should we view the role of algorithms in platform activity? How can we reconcile macro-economic opportunities with individual protection against risks?

The aim of this paper is to take stock of the controversies in this area and to identify possible ways of regulating these entities under employment law, so as to reconcile economic opportunities with worker protection.

• Watch the video clip summarising the paper
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