Handbook of Life Course Occupational Health
Handbook of Life Course Occupational Health
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生命历程职业健康手册
DOI：
10.1007/978-3-030-94023-2_6-1
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发表时间：
2023
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Wei H
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Wei H
零工经济发展迅速，引入了新的就业模式和基于平台的算法管理。它吸引了地球仪各地的大量工人从事自营快递员等工作。在发展中国家，他们主要是受教育程度相对较低的年轻移徙工人。在他们生命的这一阶段，工作和就业的质量很重要，因为这可能会影响他们的职业轨迹，并影响他们余生及其家庭的健康和福祉。了解零工工作对健康的潜在风险，无论是短期还是晚年，都是一个新兴的研究领域。本章旨在描述快递员面临的风险，包括工作压力、安全问题以及COVID-19疫情带来的风险。还将讨论个人和组织的应对措施以及风险缓解措施。本章广泛回顾了现有的英文和中文文献，以及我们在中国和英国的早期研究结果。目前，零工经济中的职业健康和安全是一个监管不足的领域。这些新的就业模式需要紧急关注，因为它们有可能影响工人的健康和福祉。必须制定和实施保护措施，为快递员和其他受零工经济兴起影响最大的职业者建立安全的工作环境。
The gig economy has grown rapidly, introducing new employment modes and platform-based algorithmic management. It has attracted large numbers of workers across the globe into jobs such as self-employed couriers. In developing countries, they are mainly young migrant workers with relatively low education background. The quality of work and employment at this stage of their life is important as it may shape their occupational trajectory and affect health and well-being for the rest of their lives and their families. Understanding the potential risks to health from gig work, both short term as well as in later life, is an emerging field of research. This chapter aims to describe the risks faced by couriers, including work stressors, safety issues, and those posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Individual and organizational responses and risk mitigation measures will also be discussed. The chapter draws upon an extensive review of existing literature published in the English and Chinese languages as well as early findings of our own research in China and the UK. Currently, occupational health and safety in the gig economy is an under-regulated domain. These new employment modes need urgent attention as they have the potential for impacting workers’ health and well-being. It is important to develop and implement protective measures and build a safe work environment for couriers and other occupatioans that are mostly affected by the rise of the gig economy.