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Employment and working conditions of selected types of platform work

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23 September 2019
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24 September 2018
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Authors: 
de Groen, Willem Pieter; Kilhoffer, Zachary; Lenaerts, Karolien; Mandl, Irene

Zusammenfassung

Platform work is a form of employment that uses an online platform to match the supply of and demand for paid labour. In Europe, platform work is still small in scale but is rapidly developing. The types of work offered through platforms are ever-increasing, as are the challenges for existing regulatory frameworks. This report explores the working and employment conditions of three of the most common types of platform work in Europe. For each of these types, Eurofound assesses the physical and social environment, autonomy, employment status and access to social protection, and earnings and taxation based on interviews with platform workers. A comparative analysis of the regulatory frameworks applying to platform work in 18 EU Member States accompanies this review. This looks into workers’ employment status, the formal relationships between clients, workers and platforms, and the organisation and representation of workers and platforms.

  • Full report

    Number of Pages: 
    86
    Reference No: 
    EF18001
    ISBN: 
    978-92-897-1749-6
    Catalogue: 
    TJ-03-18-239-EN-N
    DOI: 
    10.2806/929950
    Permalink: 
    eurofound.link/ef18001
    Catalogue info

    Employment and working conditions of selected types of platform work

    Authors: 
    de Groen, Willem Pieter; Kilhoffer, Zachary; Lenaerts, Karolien; Mandl, Irene

    Platform work is a form of employment that uses an online platform to match the supply of and demand for paid labour. In Europe, platform work is still small in scale but is rapidly developing. The types of work offered through platforms are ever-increasing, as are the challenges for existing regulatory frameworks. This report explores the working and employment conditions of three of the most common types of platform work in Europe.

    Topics: 
    Non-standard employment; Working conditions; Neue Beschäftigungsformen; Employment relationship; Digitales Zeitalter: Chancen und Herausforderungen für Arbeit und Beschäftigung

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  • Executive summary

    Number of pages: 
    2
    Reference No: 
    EF180011
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    Beschäftigungs- und Arbeitsbedingungen ausgewählter Arten von Plattformarbeit

    Authors: 
    Eurofound

    Die Plattformarbeit ist eine Form der Beschäftigung, bei der Angebot und Nachfrage für bezahlte Arbeit über Online-Plattformen zusammengeführt werden. In Europa wird die Plattformarbeit derzeit noch in geringem Umfang ausgeführt, verbreitet sich aber rasch. Die Arten der über Plattformen angebotenen Arbeit nehmen ständig zu, und damit auch die Anforderungen an die bestehenden regulatorischen Rahmenbedingungen. In diesem Bericht werden die Beschäftigungs- und Arbeitsbedingungen von drei der gängigsten Arten von Plattformarbeit in Europa auf der Grundlage von Interviews mit Plattformarbeitnehmern untersucht. Zu den bewerteten Aspekten gehören physische und soziale Rahmenbedingungen, Autonomie, Beschäftigungsstatus, Zugang zum Sozialschutz sowie Verdienst und Versteuerung. Der Bericht enthält außerdem eine vergleichende Analyse der regulatorischen Rahmenbedingungen für die Plattformarbeit in 18 EU-Mitgliedstaaten. 

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Part of the series

  • New forms of employment

    This series reports on the new forms of employment emerging across Europe that are driven by societal, economic and technological developments and are different from traditional standard or non-standard employment in a number of ways. This series explores what characterises these new employment forms and what implications they have for working conditions and the labour market.

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