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Alustatyö on palkkatyön kysynnän ja tarjonnan yhteensovittamista verkkoalustan kautta algoritmin avulla. Yhteensovittamisprosessissa on mukana kolme osapuolta: työtä vaativa asiakas, algoritmia hallinnoiva alusta ja alustan kautta työn tarjoava henkilö. Se on pikemminkin yksittäisten tehtävien tai projektien suorittamiseen perustuvaa työtä kuin jatkuvaa työsuhdetta. Suurempi tehtävä jaetaan yleensä pienempiin osatehtäviin eli "mikrotehtäviin", jotka ovat itsenäisiä, homogeenisia ja edistävät tietyn tuotoksen tuottamista. Nämä tehtävät suoritetaan erikseen, mikä johtaa laajaan, jopa maailmanlaajuiseen työnjakoon.

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Artikkeli

20 May 2024

Regulatory responses to algorithmic management in the EU
Chiara Litardiand 2 other authors
Since 2013, Eurofound's ERM database on restructuring-related legislation has been documenting regulatory developments in the Member States of the European Union and Norway which are explicitly or implicitly linked to anticipating and managing change. The most recent update to the database captures new legislation concerning the use of algorithmic management in the employment context. There is currently no unitary legislative framework at EU level regulating the use of algorithmic management systems at work. Nevertheless, EU and national legislation includes a set of instruments that govern the use of data as well as the individual and collective rights that citizens and workers have. This article describes the national regulations on algorithmic management and their connection with platform work, data privacy and the EU policy framework as of April 2024.
Toimintapoliittinen katsaus

15 May 2023

Gender differences in motivation to engage in platform work
Dragoș Adăscălițeiand 3 other authors

The rise of the platform economy during the last decade is one of the main disrupting forces for European labour markets. While standard employment remains the norm, platforms are expanding their reach and diversifying into novel business models. In doing so, they are also attracting an increasing number of women. This policy brief investigates why women are joining the platform economy and how the motivations to perform work on platforms differ between genders. It shows that while women join platforms to gain an additional income and because it allows them the flexibility to combine work with household chores or family commitments, men are driven by the opportunities provided by platforms to work globally and to expand their client base. At the same time, findings suggest that online platforms seem to provide women with a link to the labour market that can potentially prevent their withdrawal from the labour force during different life stages. These findings suggest that policy action should focus on extending working hours regulations and work–life balance measures to all platform workers, irrespective of employment status, and promote equal sharing of care responsibilities between women and men.

Tutkimusraportti
Tulossa

December 2025

Working conditions of online platform workers
Dragoș Adăscăliței

Over the past decade, platform work has grown significantly in the EU, both in terms of the number of workers involved and the variety of services available to customers. Despite this expansion, significant evidence gaps remain, particularly regarding the profiles and working conditions of workers providing services through online marketplaces. To address this gap, this report will include new comparative evidence on the profile and working conditions of the online labour force. Drawing on a new survey, the new report will analyse the main characteristics of online platform work in 15 Member States.

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15 May 2023

Toimintapoliittinen katsaus

Gender differences in motivation to engage in platform work

The rise of the platform economy during the last decade is one of the main disrupting forces for European labour markets. While standard employment remains the norm, platforms are expanding their reach and diversifying into novel business models. In doing so, they are also attracting an increasing number of women. This policy brief investigates why women are joining the platform economy and how the motivations to perform work on platforms differ between genders. It shows that while women join platforms to gain an additional income and because it allows them the flexibility to combine work with household chores or family commitments, men are driven by the opportunities provided by platforms to work globally and to expand their client base. At the same time, findings suggest that online platforms seem to provide women with a link to the labour market that can potentially prevent their withdrawal from the labour force during different life stages. These findings suggest that policy action should focus on extending working hours regulations and work–life balance measures to all platform workers, irrespective of employment status, and promote equal sharing of care responsibilities between women and men.

27 September 2022

Blogikirjoitus

Regulating platform work in Europe: A work in progress

The platform economy is one of those moving targets, which, despite receiving increasing media and policy attention, has proven difficult to regulate. Given the heterogeneity of employment relationships, business models, types of platform work and cross-border issues, this is not surprising. Yet, in recent years, an increasing number of initiatives and court rulings across EU Member States have sought to address the employment rights and working conditions of platform workers.

15 December 2021

Lippulaivaraportti

The digital age: Implications of automation, digitisation and platforms for work and employment

Technological change is accelerating as the capacity of electronic devices to digitally store, process and communicate information expands. Digitalisation is transforming the EU economy and labour markets: nearly one-third of EU workplaces are categorised as highly digitalised. What are the implications of the digital revolution for employment and work? And how might it affect social dialogue?

Eurofound has produced a body of work to explore these questions. The work is structured around three vectors of change in digitalisation – automation, digitisation and platforms – that are affecting employment and working conditions and social dialogue. The main results of this research have been compiled in the online resource The digital age: Automation, digitisation and platforms. This report draws from that resource to provide a digest of the findings and policy pointers.

2 December 2021

Toimintapoliittinen katsaus

Initiatives to improve conditions for platform workers: Aims, methods, strengths and weaknesses

The rapid rise of the platform economy has led to a marked transformation of European labour markets, and existing regulatory frameworks and voluntary initiatives have yet to catch up. While platform work offers opportunities for workers and employers and potentially contributes to innovation, economic growth and competitiveness in the EU, it has been criticised from the beginning because of the poor employment and working conditions often experienced by workers. Accordingly, across the EU, governments, social partners, grassroots organisations and platforms have started to introduce initiatives to tackle the negative aspects of platform work. This policy brief assesses some such initiatives in the Member States and offers recommendations for further action.

24 February 2021

Blogikirjoitus

Charting a positive path for platform workers

While 2020 may come to be seen as the year platform work gathered pace and started to go mainstream – thanks in large part to COVID-19 containment measures sparking an increase in food and grocery delivery – 2021 could be the year that regulation of platform work is set in motion. The well-known taxi and delivery platforms, like Deliveroo and Free Now, have been criticised from their inception for applying conditions of employment that simultaneously deny their workers the entitlements of an employee and the autonomy enjoyed by the self-employed. But platform work need not be the job of last resort. It is fundamentally a new means of matching supply and demand for paid labour, and it could be an engine for innovation and employment growth. It’s time for policymakers to steer it along a path that better balances the interests of platforms and workers.

15 December 2020

Tutkimusraportti

New forms of employment: 2020 update

Although standard employment (generally full-time and permanent) remains the dominant employment type across the EU, European labour markets are increasingly characterised by a variety of different forms. These new forms of employment involve new formal employment relationships or work patterns (linked to aspects such as place of work, working time or use of ICT) and sometimes both. This report puts the spotlight on nine innovative employment forms across the 27 EU Member States, Norway and the UK. It examines the policy frameworks of each country, as well as mapping the scale and scope of the incidence of these new forms and highlighting the main opportunities and risks associated with each form. The report concludes with some policy recommendations taking into account the future of work that will be shaped by the twin transition to the digital age and a carbon-neutral economy, as well as a new way of working due to COVID-19.

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Cesira Urzi Brancati

Research officer
Employment research

Cesira Urzi Brancati on Eurofoundin työllisyysyksikön tutkija. Hänen tutkimusintressejään ovat teknologian vaikutus työllisyyteen ja työn digitalisaatioon keskittyen digitaalisiin työalustoihin, digitaaliseen valvontaan ja algoritmiseen johtamiseen. Hän on erikoistunut mikroekonometriaan, kyselylomakkeiden suunnitteluun ja kyselytietojen analysointiin. Ennen kuin Cesira liittyi Eurofoundiin vuonna 2024, hän työskenteli Euroopan komission yhteisessä tutkimuskeskuksessa Sevillassa, kansainvälisessä pitkäikäisyyskeskuksessa Lontoossa, Modenan ja Reggio Emilian yliopistossa sekä Torinon yliopistossa. Hänellä on maisterin tutkinto ja tohtorin tutkinto kansainvälisestä taloudesta Tor Vergatan yliopistosta Roomasta.

Dragoș Adăscăliței

Research officer
Employment research

Dragoș Adăscăliței on Eurofoundin työllisyysyksikön tutkija. Hänen nykyinen tutkimuksensa keskittyy työn tulevaisuuteen liittyviin aiheisiin, kuten tekoälyn vaikutukseen työpaikkoihin, automaation vaikutuksiin työllisyyteen ja alustatalouteen liittyviin sääntelykysymyksiin. Hän osallistuu myös säännöllisesti vertaileviin hankkeisiin, joissa seurataan Euroopan työmarkkinoiden rakennemuutoksia. Ennen Eurofoundille tuloaan hän toimi työsuhteiden luennoitsijana Sheffieldin yliopiston Management Schoolissa. Hänellä on valtiotieteen maisterin tutkinto Keski-Euroopan yliopistosta ja sosiologian tohtorin tutkinto Mannheimin yliopistosta.

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