The future of Nordic labour law – Facing the challenges of changing labour relations

Hotvedt, Marianne Jenum; Munkholm, Natalie Videbæk; Pind, Dagny Aradottir; Westregård, Annamaria; Ylhäinen, Marjo; Alsos, Kristin

doi:10.6027/temanord2020-534

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“…Their often well-paid and high skilled permanent jobs in the traditional labor market offer a sort of buffer against such insecurities, while their peers combining platform work with non-standard employment or other income sources like unemployment benefits in the traditional labor market appear less protected. They may not only struggle to qualify for social protection, but they also risk to exhaust their rights due to the various eligibility criteria often associated with social benefits, aspects that are also emphasized in other studies on platform work, MJH, and non-standard work (Conen et al 2021;Hotvedt et al 2020;Thelen et al 2018). Therefore, the interlinkages between the online and traditional labor market, notably the variations in the hybridity and blends of mobility among platform workers, may have crucial implications for policy development and call for further studies that systematically engage with the dynamics between the digital platform economy and the wider traditional labor market and welfare setting.…”

Section: Interlinkages Between Platform Work and The Traditional Labo...mentioning

confidence: 98%

“…This is also the case when it comes to emerging forms of employment like solo self-employment and platform work. However, digital labor platforms often rescind from traditional employer responsibilities, leaving more in the hands of platform workers and subsequently platform workers are often less covered by Nordic social protection schemes, which set different criteria for employees and self-employed (Hotvedt et al 2020;Jesnes 2019). In fact, platform workers often work in the grey zones between traditional employment and self-employment, and they thus tend to struggle to meet these eligibility criteria, even if Denmark in Nordic comparisons is often considered one of the trendsetters for protecting platform workers within the wider welfare and industrial relations setting (Hotvedt & Alsos 2021;Vandaele 2022).…”

Section: The Nordic and Danish Platform Economy And Labor Platformsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Hybrid Work Patterns: A Latent Class Analysis of Platform Workers in Denmark

Kristiansen

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2022

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This paper presents a novel approach for studying differences and similarities among platform workers, by taking into account the wider labor market position of platform workers. Analytically, we seek inspiration from literature on labor market segmentation (SLM) and multiple jobholding (MJH) to nuance the often-dichotomized view of labor markets characterized by SLM theory. By using survey data from a set of additional questions tied to the Danish LFS, we apply latent class analysis models to discover patterns of labor market divisions among platform workers in Denmark. We identify three major groups of platform workers, and while all of them have multiple income sources, they have very different labor market positions in the traditional labor market. We categorize them as ‘established workers’, ‘transitional workers’, and ‘new labor market entrants’. These divisions point to marked differences among platform workers, implying that platform work is characterized by varying blends of labor market hybridity.

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Hybrid Work Patterns: A Latent Class Analysis of Platform Workers in Denmark

Kristiansen

Larsen²,

Ilsøe³

2022

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“…Prassl's (2015) The Concept of The Employer is a major advance. Platform work happens in a triadic relationship between platform, user, and platform worker (Prassl, 2015;Jenum Hotvedt et al, 2020). On that basis, it can be argued legally, that platform workers are in fact employees, as the functioning of the platform and in particular the issue of supervision and control point towards "employership".…”

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Bridging the gap between critical algorithm studies and the social sciences

Jonker-Hoffrén

2021

INF

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Since the mid-2000s platforms and platform work have greatly proliferated. Although also research on platforms and platforms has expanded, there seems to be a great gulf between IT- and social research on these issues. In this article, I show, using sociologist Maurizio Lazzarato’s concepts, that the technical infrastructure of the platform, in particular the algorithm, has a direct impact on work and the agency of the platform worker. From this perspective, it is possible to ask critical questions about platforms and platform work from a multidisciplinary viewpoint. Methodologically, an ethnographic approach that sees algorithms as part of culture, with its own institutions, impact on people and intersection with different contexts, could support co-operation between different disciplines. When such an approach is combined with insights from algorithm studies, research is also relevant for existing political questions regarding platform workers’ labour market status and the functioning of platform firms.

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The varying national agenda in variable hours contract regulation: Implications for the labour market regimes in the Netherlands and Finland

Sippola,

Jonker-Hoffrén,

Ojala

2023

European Journal of Industrial Relations

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In the article, the regulatory trajectories of variable hours contracts (VHCs, denoting on-call contracts, and zero-hours contracts) are analysed in two countries, the Netherlands and Finland. The unity or disunity in social partners’ readiness for bringing the issue of VHCs to the agenda of collective bargaining has implications for the labour market regimes. From the institutional change perspective, the shared agenda in regulating the VHCs implies conversion of the labour market regime in the Netherlands. In Finland, layering was seen in the development of labour legislation, whereas the disregard of VHCs in collective bargaining implies drift. In Finland, the ‘legislative route’ of regulating conditions of labour may strengthen, undermining the negotiatory autonomy of social partners, earlier embedded in the structure of the Nordic labour market regime.

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The future of Nordic labour law – Facing the challenges of changing labour relations

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Hybrid Work Patterns: A Latent Class Analysis of Platform Workers in Denmark

Hybrid Work Patterns: A Latent Class Analysis of Platform Workers in Denmark

Bridging the gap between critical algorithm studies and the social sciences

The varying national agenda in variable hours contract regulation: Implications for the labour market regimes in the Netherlands and Finland

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