Autonomy at work in the gig economy: analysing work status, work content and working conditions of independent professionals

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
François Pichault ◽  
Tui McKeown
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Work Status ◽  
Work Content ◽  
Gig Economy

Digital Platforms, Gig Economy, Precarious Employment, and the Invisible Hand of Social Class

2018 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 597-600 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carles Muntaner
Keyword(s):  
Social Class ◽  
Working Class ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Invisible Hand ◽  
Class Conflict ◽  
Precarious Employment ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Digital Platform ◽  
Employment Conditions ◽  
Gig Economy

Digital platform capitalism, as exemplified by companies like Uber or Lyft has the potential to transform employment and working conditions for an increasing segment of the worforce. Most digital economy workers are exposed to the health damaging precarious employment conditions characteristic of the contemporary working class in high income countries. Just as with Guy Standing or Mike Savage’s “precariat” it might appear that digital platform workers are a new social class or that they do not belong to any social class. Yet the class conflict interests (wages, benefits, employment and working conditions, collective action) of digital platform workers are similar to other members of the working class.

Algorithmic management versus organising protest and co-determination? The case of Foodora/Lieferando in Germany

2021 ◽  
pp. 105-128
Author(s):  
Jasmin Schreyer
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Focal Point ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Gig Economy ◽  
Work Coordination ◽  
Platform Economy

The so-called ‘platform economy' or ‘gig economy' and its ambivalent effects on the working environment is a focal point of social science research. The contribution analyses, based on a case study, algorithmic work in the platform economy, its working conditions, and the way gig workers organised and articulated their protest. The algorithmic management of Lieferando (formerly Foodora) governs its employees through algorithmic-driven and standardized work coordination. Therefore, different conflicts between the company and its workers arose, concerning working conditions, working relations, and co-determination. Organising, protest, and established co-determination mechanisms play a crucial role for the employees. As a result, there exists currently a few institutionalized relationships between the platform and its workforce in Germany.

Mitarbeiterorientierte Mensch-Roboter-Kollaboration*/Employee-oriented human-robot collaboration - A participatory design of human-robot collaboration leading to accepted and productive working conditions

2016 ◽  
Vol 106 (03) ◽  
pp. 100-105
Author(s):  
W. Prof. Bauer ◽  
M. Bender ◽  
P. Rally
Keyword(s):  
Cost Effectiveness ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Participatory Design ◽  
Work Organization ◽  
Implementation Process ◽  
Work Content ◽  
Workload Reduction ◽  
Human Robot Collaboration

Die Gestaltung kollaborativer Mensch-Roboter-Arbeitsplätze wird entscheidend beeinflusst von den Kriterien Sicherheit, Wirtschaftlichkeit sowie Belastungsreduzierung für den Menschen. Um zu akzeptierten und damit produktiven Arbeitsplätzen zu kommen, bedarf es zusätzlich eines mitarbeiterorientierten und partizipativen Einführungsprozesses, in dem auch die wichtigen Elemente Arbeitsinhalt sowie Arbeitsorganisation gestaltet werden.   The design of collaborative human-robot workplaces is strongly influenced by aspects of security, cost-effectiveness and workload reduction for humans. It takes an additional employee-oriented and participatory implementation process to achieve accepted and productive working conditions. In this process, it is mandatory to design the ccrucial elements of work content and work organization.

Mexico's digital economy faces labour reform pressures

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Informal Economy ◽  
Drop Out ◽  
Upper Secondary School ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Gig Economy ◽  
Upper Secondary ◽  
Gender Based

Significance The bill will be debated when the new legislature elected in the June 6 mid-term elections is sworn in and starts sessions in September. Besides this bill, the Senate (upper house) is considering three other initiatives to redefine the labour relationship between platforms and their contracted services providers. Impacts High drop-out rates among students in upper secondary school and higher education will increase the number of young gig workers. Women will continue to represent a minority of digital platforms’ workers, widening gender-based economic inequality. Regulations to improve working conditions in the digital gig economy will have a limited impact on reducing Mexico’s informal economy.

India's digital economy workforce is set to expand

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Food Delivery ◽  
Digital Economy ◽  
Gender Gaps ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Gig Economy ◽  
Indian Consumers ◽  
Software Services

Significance Not only has the range of software services provided widened, but a host of other services are being delivered remotely and in person through digital platforms to Indian consumers. This diversification is changing the working conditions of India’s burgeoning digital economy workforce. Impacts Wages in the digital gig economy will fall as more workers enter this segment. Platform work in unskilled areas such as food delivery will lower India’s long-term skills base. Gender gaps in the digital economy will persist given the lack of policy correctives.

Motivations for Labour Provision on Digital Platforms in Europe

2022 ◽  
pp. 81-103
Author(s):  
Joan Torrent-Sellens ◽  
Pilar Ficapal-Cusí ◽  
Myriam Ertz
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Job Quality ◽  
The Other ◽  
Public Employment ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Labour Relations ◽  
Gig Economy ◽  
Economic Foundations

Research on the gig economy has rarely addressed the study on the motivations for the provision of labour services on digital platforms. Through a sample of 3,619 gigers in Europe, obtained from the COLLEM research, results have been obtained for labour providers (only gigers) and for labour and capital use providers (gigers and renters). The valuation of labour, being an internal resource of the gigers, has a great set of economic foundations, working conditions, and labour relations. On the other hand, the valuation of labour and capital uses is more focused on their economic and labour relations fundamentals, notably reducing the role of working conditions. These motivations suggest different platform strategies and public employment policies for both groups. While the promotion of the general job quality would also encourage the gig-job quality, the promotion of the labour and capital uses valuation requires specific actions on the platform operations.

scholarly journals Nyugdíjas orvosok helyzete Magyarországon – országos, reprezentatív felmérés eredményei alapján

2016 ◽  
Vol 157 (43) ◽  
pp. 1729-1736
Author(s):  
Zsuzsa Győrffy ◽  
Zsuzsanna Szél ◽  
Edmond Girasek
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Work Status ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Important Challenge ◽  
Gender Perspectives ◽  
Mental Well Being ◽  
Employment Data

Introduction: The aging population and the aging physician society is an important challenge of the New Millenium. Despite this, very few publications are dealing with the older generations’ physical and mental well-being, quality of life and working conditions. Aim: The aim of this study was to describe the retired physicians populations’ (n = 2112) demographic data, work status, income and health status. Method: Data of this representative, cross-sectional epidemiological study was obtained from online and paper-based questionnaires completed by 2112 retired physicians. Results: The retired physicians’ average age is 72 years, nearly two-thirds of the respondents retired after 35–45 years of service. Currently, nearly 60% are working, almost a quarter of them more than 40 hours per week. 35% of the respondents’ income is below HUF 150,000. On this issue, significant differences emerge between female doctors and their male colleagues. Conclusions: The employment data of the results is consistent with the international trend, but the gender perspectives has unique significance in the international literature. Orv. Hetil., 2016, 157(43), 1729–1736.

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