Digital Labour Platforms: Financial and Legal Aspects of Sustainable Development

Abstract

Digital labour platforms are having an increasing impact on the labour market to the economy's current transformation. The question arises as to what extent the digital labour platforms activities will contribute to the achievement of sustainable development goals. The article presents the results of the financial indicators analysis of the largest digital labour platforms in Russia, the specifics of taxation, compliance with labour law and social protection. The main threats to sustainable development include overexploitation of workers, the absence or low level of social guarantees, insufficient financial stability, the risk of bankruptcy, insufficient transparency, and a tendency to monopolize the market. The main way to solve the identified problems can be to combine the efforts of the State and digital labour platforms to ensure the conditions for meeting the sustainable development goals.