Work and Employment under the Gig Economy

Authors

  • Valeria Pulignano CESO – KU LEUVEN

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1285/i20356609v12i3p629

Keywords:

gig-economy, platform, digital, work, employment

Abstract

This paper aims to indicate the key issues yielding to explain why a regulatory framework and correct policy responses are needed for what here we define as a platform 'society' and to identify its key 'collective' features. These include the respect of workers' fundamental rights (i.e. collective bargaining and representation) as well as they include the role of the state and public policy. These reflections are developed in the light of an in-depth examinations of the social implications of the gig-economy for work and employment.

Author Biography

Valeria Pulignano, CESO – KU LEUVEN

Valeria Pulignano is full Professor of Sociology at the University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Belgium, and author of numerous publications on comparative industrial relations, labour markets and employment in Europe. She was formerly (2013-2017) Scientific Director of the Center for Social Sociological Research (CeSO) at KU Leuven. She is Specialty Chief Editor of the Work, Employment and Organization section of Frontiers in Sociology[2], Co-coordinator of the RN17 Work, Employment and Industrial Relations at the European Sociological Association (ESA) and principle investigator of the ERC Advanced Grant Research Project “Revolving Precariousness: Advancing the Theory and Measurement of Precariousness Across the Paid/Unpaid Continuum” (ResPecTMe)

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Published

15-11-2019

How to Cite

Pulignano, V. (2019). Work and Employment under the Gig Economy. PARTECIPAZIONE E CONFLITTO, 12(3), 629–639. https://doi.org/10.1285/i20356609v12i3p629

Issue

Vol. 12, No. 3 (2019). Special Issue on: Working as a platform: Labour needs, activation and representativeness in the era of digital transformation

Section

Special Issue

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