Platform economy database

Eurofound’s platform economy database provides information on publications, articles, court cases, initiatives and other outputs related to platform work, or those forms of work that are organised and mediated through online platforms (websites and apps). This resource provides metadata for each entry, such as the name of the author, year of publication, whether it concerns an open access or subscription-based material, a brief description of the content and where available a web link to a source from which eligible users may access content.

The future of work: Towards a progressive agenda for all

The world of work is changing, fast. Globalisation, coupled with the fragmentation of production and value chains, ageing societies, and digitalisation are all having a transformative impact on European labour markets and are putting...

Research publication
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13 tammikuu 2020

The Platform Economy Matures: Pervasive Power, Private Regulation, and Dependent Entrepreneurs

Platforms are an emblem and embodiment of the digital era just as factories were of the industrial revolution. Digital platforms, through their power in their respective ecosystems, are intermediating and contributing to the...

Research publication
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13 tammikuu 2020

Zalando employees under rating pressure (Zalando Beschaeftigte im Bewertungsstress)

Employees at the online retailer Zalando are supposed to rate each other using a software application - based on the example of rating portals on the internet. According to scientists, this is an instrument of "tightened control".

Article
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13 tammikuu 2020

Uber has been notified of 6,000 cases of sexual violence in the United States (Uber wurden in USA fast 6.000 Faelle sexueller Gewalt gemeldet)

Almost 6,000 cases of sexual violence by passengers, drivers, and third parties were reported to Uber in 2017 and 2018 in the United States.

Article
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On-location platform-determined routine work
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13 tammikuu 2020

Crowdworkers are not automatically employees

An agreement by a so-called crowd worker with the operator of an internet platform that does not contain any obligation to accept orders does not constitute an employment relationship, according to a decision of the Regional Labor Court...

Court ruling
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13 tammikuu 2020

Algorithmic Control in Platform Food Delivery Work

Building on an emerging literature concerning algorithmic management, this article analyzes the processes by which food delivery platforms control workers and uncovers variation in the extent to which such platforms constrain the...

On-location platform-determined routine work
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13 tammikuu 2020

California's New Gig Economy Worker Law Faces First Lawsuit

The California Trucking Association has filed what appears to be the first lawsuit challenging a sweeping new labor law seeking to give wage and benefit protections to workers in the so-called gig economy, including rideshare drivers at...

Article
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On-location platform-determined routine work
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13 tammikuu 2020

Vestager says gig economy workers should team up on wages

Margrethe Vestager, the EU’s competition chief, has called for gig economy workers to be allowed to collectively bargain for their rights.

Article
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13 tammikuu 2020

Recognition of Qualifications in the Gig Economy

Platform workers provide their services in the EU through the medium of digital work intermediaries or so-called ‘platform employers’. These platform employers are considered innovative because they enable people or organisations to...

Online moderately skilled click work
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03 tammikuu 2020

How many people are micro-working in France? (Combien de personnes microtravaillent en France?)

Microwork platforms allocate fragmented tasks to crowds of providers with remunerations as low as few cents. Instrumental to the development of today’s artificial intelligence, micro-tasks push to the extreme the logic of casualization...

Research publication
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Online moderately skilled click work
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03 tammikuu 2020

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