Format:
1 Online-Ressource (398 Seiten)
Edition:
1st ed
ISBN:
9789403506876
Series Statement:
Bulletin of Comparative Labour Relations Series v.116
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Intro -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Notes on Author -- Funder Acknowledgement -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Subject -- 2 Context and Background -- 2.1 Platform Work -- 2.2 Fundamental (Collective) Labour Rights of Platform Workers -- 2.3 'False' Allegations, Policy Responses and Platform Workers' Over-Increasing Mobilisation -- 3 Objective and Research Question(s) -- 4 Methodology and Structure -- 4.1 Legal Research -- 4.2 Comparativism -- 4.3 Structure and Methodological Steps -- 5 Normative Framework -- 5.1 Labour Protection Gap(s) -- 5.2 Foundational Considerations -- 5.3 Human Rights-Based Approach (HRBA) -- 6 Societal and Academic Relevance -- CHAPTER 1 Platform Work and Challenges in the World of Work -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Labour Law(s) under Attack -- 1.3 The Changing Organisational Structures of Businesses -- 1.4 Obscure Lines Between Employment and Self-Employment -- 1.5 Platform Work: Definition and Terminology -- 1.6 Old Practices Hidden under the Cloak of Technological Innovation -- 1.6.1 Technology as a Natural Force of Change, or Not? -- 1.6.2 Old Practices in a New Wrapper -- 1.6.3 Platform Work and (Some of) Its Novel Complexities -- 1.7 Platform Workers: Not So Independent after All -- 1.8 Intermediate Conclusions -- CHAPTER 2 The Effect(s) of Platform Work on Working Conditions and Collective Labour Rights and the Overall Impact on the Field of Labour Law -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Working Conditions of Platform Workers -- 2.2.1 Precarious Work: Terminological Considerations -- 2.2.2 General Working Conditions of Platform Workers Around the World -- 2.2.3 The COVID-19 Impact on Platform Workers -- 2.3 The Impact of Platform Work on Collective Labour Rights -- 2.3.1 Restrictions on the Right to Freely Associate
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2.3.2 Restrictions on the Right to Collective Bargaining -- 2.3.3 Platform Work and Human Rights Risks in a Nutshell -- 2.4 The Overall Impact of Platform Work in the World of Work: An Imminent Threat for Labour Laws' (Main) Foundation(s)? -- 2.4.1 Labour Law's Principal Foundation -- 2.4.2 The Transposition of Human Dignity into Labour Law -- 2.4.3 Platform Work's Deeper Foundational Implications for Labour Law -- 2.5 Intermediate Conclusions -- CHAPTER 3 Responses Towards the Regulation of Platform Work -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Labour Law Responses: Legislative Developments -- 3.2.1 The Case of a 'Third Category' of Workers -- 3.2.2 Platform Work and Legislation -- 3.2.3 Tacking the Problems of Platform Work Through Legislation: A More 'Holistic' Approach -- 3.2.4 EU Regulatory Approaches on Platform Work -- 3.2.5 The Impact of Legislation on Platform Workers: An Overall Assessment -- 3.3 Labour Law Responses: Judicial Developments -- 3.3.1 Solutions Through Courts' Interpretation? -- 3.3.2 Judicial Responses to Platform Work -- 3.3.3 Some Observations in Relation to the Case Law in the Context of Platform Work -- 3.4 Responses from a Competition Law Perspective -- 3.5 Intermediate Conclusions -- CHAPTER 4 The Exercise of Platform Workers' Fundamental Collective Rights in Practice -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The Important Role of Collective Bargaining in Facing Current and Future Challenges -- 4.3 Trade Unions' Approach Towards Workers in NSFE and the Particularity of Platform Workers -- 4.4 Platform Workers' Collective Initiative(s) -- 4.4.1 Collective Agreements in the Platform Economy: The Case of On-Demand Workers -- 4.4.2 Platform Workers' Collective Agreements: Some Main Observations to Keep in Mind -- 4.4.3 Other Strategies -- 4.4.4 Innovative Strategies -- 4.4.5 'Alternative' Unions
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4.4.6 COVID-19 and Trade Unions' Responses in the Platform Economy -- 4.5 Intermediate Conclusions -- CHAPTER 5 The Implications of a HRBA Towards Fundamental Collective Labour Rights -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 A Legal Basis for a HRBA in Labour Policy More in General -- 5.2.1 The Human Rights to Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining Through the Lenses of International Instruments -- 5.2.2 The Human Right to Industrial Action -- 5.3 The Benefits of a HRBA -- 5.3.1 No Legal Basis under Human Rights Law for a Divergent Treatment Between Employment and Self-Employment -- 5.3.2 Fundamental Human Rights as the 'Rule': Possible Ramifications -- 5.3.3 So What About Competition Law? -- 5.3.4 The Implications of a HRBA on the Limitation of Managerial Prerogatives -- 5.3.5 The Implications of a HRBA Towards Collective Labour Rights on Other Human Rights at Work -- 5.3.6 Other (Non-Legal) Benefits of a HRBA: Attracting the Support of External Actors -- 5.4 Intermediate Conclusions -- CHAPTER 6 The Future of Industrial Relations and the Difficulties for the Effective Application of a HRBA -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 'The Labour Movement Is Dead, Long Live the Labour Movement': Lessons to Be Learned from Platform Workers' Resistance -- 6.3 Are Industrial Systems Ready for a HRBA Towards Collective Labour Rights? The Case of Collective Bargaining -- 6.4 Collective Bargaining for Platform Workers and Other Self-Employed Workers: 'The Enemy Within' -- 6.5 Looking Ahead: 'Easy Answers (Oftentimes) Give Way to Hard Questions' -- 6.6 Intermediate Conclusions -- Summary of Findings and Conclusion(s) -- 1 The Central Research Question -- 2 Main Findings -- 2.1 The Key Characteristics of Platform Work and Their Relevance for the Current Challenges in the World of Work
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2.2 The Implications of Platform Work on Working Conditions, Including the Exercise of Collective Labour Rights -- 2.3 Platform Work's Exceptionalism Is Over. Is This Enough Though? -- 2.4 Platform Workers' Collective Mobilisation: Its Importance and the Limitations in Practice -- 2.5 A HRBA Towards Collective Labour Rights -- 2.6 Looking into the Future -- 3 Overall Response to the Research Question -- Bibliography -- Table of Case Law and Administrative Decisions -- Table of Legislation -- Series List
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Stylogiannis, Charalampos Collective Labour Rights for Self-Employed Workers Alphen aan den Rijn : Wolters Kluwer Law International,c2023 ISBN 9789403506678
Language:
English
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