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The fairwork foundation: Strategies for improving platform work
(Elsevier, 2020)
s paper introduces the Fairwork Foundation, a research initiative that is also developing an interventionaroundthequalityofworkondigitallabourplatforms.Lackingtheabilitytocollectivelybargain,manyplatformworkershavelittle ...
International regulation of platform labor: A proposal for action
(Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society, 2021)
Platform-mediated work is a source of livelihood for millions of workers worldwide.
However, because platforms typically classify workers as ‘independent
contractors’, those workers are generally excluded from the scope ...
Fair work in South Africa’s gig economy: A journey of engaged scholarship
(Elsevier, 2023)
Because of its relatively well-developed, highly urbanised economy and high penetration of mobile internet
access, the platform economy took off quickly in South Africa, with international players vying for market share
and ...
Discrimination on an ‘arbitrary ground’ and the right of access to justice
(Jute, 2021)
In Naidoo & others v Parliament of the Republic of SA the Labour Appeal Court interpreted ‘arbitrary ground’ in s 6(1) of the Employment Equity Act by rejecting a ‘broad’ interpretation (ie the grammatical meaning of the ...
Protecting platform workers: options and challenges
(Jute, 2022)
The use of digital platforms as a means of organising work and creating new work opportunities (‘platform work’) is on the increase in developing as well as developed countries. The article starts from three widely-accepted ...
Workers, platforms and the state: the struggle over digital labour platform regulation
(Edward Elgar Publishing, 2021)
This chapter discusses the arguments made by digital labour platforms - and their supporters - in favour of self-regulation. Against their claims that platform self-regulation is a preferable alternative to state intervention, ...