Worker (Mis)Classification in the Sharing Economy: Square Pegs Trying to Fit in Round Holes

The Rise of the 'Just-in-Time Workforce': On-Demand Work, Crowd Work and Labour Protection in the 'Gig-Economy'

“…Such a test would also be quite unpredictable for workers and particularly for businesses as they would have to take into account which percentage of their overall earnings a worker is making on their platform. In an era of casualised employment with many workers carrying out several jobs for several employers, be more traditional ones or gig-economy business, during a same month, week or even day, this would be extremely burdensome (Sprague, 2015). Both workers and businesses would not improve their situation in terms of certainty of protections, costs and liabilities.…”

The Impact of the Digital Economy on the Reduction of Negative Consequences of Social Risk

“…Однак ключова проблема, пов'язана з роботою онлайн, полягає в тому, що до працівників, які виконують завдання на цифрових платформах, ставляться як до «фрилансерів» або «незалежних підрядників» -іншими словами, як до самозайнятих осіб, які надають послуги або товари (там само; Van Doorn, 2017; Risak and Warter, 2015;Smith and Leberstein, 2015;Sprague, 2015). А отже, переважна більшість таких працівників не потрапляють у сферу дії законодавства про працю та соціальне забезпечення у країні походження клієнта чи самого працівника.…”

Empowering and Resisting in a Sharing Economy: Two Sides of the Same Coin

“…Still, its purpose stands on fostering collaborative ways in the opposite direction from business approaches that are no longer tenable (e.g., Heylighen, 2017;Sprague, 2015). Such a particular point of view makes it possible to think on SE with the notion of a sustainable development meant to be better than capitalism (R. de C. M. Freitas, Nélsis, & Nunes, 2012).…”