Towards privatized social and employment protections in the platform economy? Evidence from the UK courier sector
Towards privatized social and employment protections in the platform economy? Evidence from the UK courier sector
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平台经济中走向私有化的社会和就业保护？
DOI：
10.1016/j.respol.2022.104492
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发表时间：
2022
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7.2
通讯作者：
M. Meryon
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作者：
Steven Rolf;J. O’Reilly;M. Meryon
平台资本主义促进了雇佣合同被服务合同广泛取代。这些规定为所雇用的独立承包商提供的社会和就业保护明显较少。这对国家社会和就业保护制度的未来意味着什么？我们展示了如何平台工人的就业状况的问题-因此获得SEP-根据英国法律仍然没有解决。利用社会法律理论，我们证明了为什么数字劳动力平台对现有的就业法和劳动力市场监管模式构成了挑战。在没有立即的法律的“解决办法”的情况下，一些工会和企业正在创新新的“私有化社会保障制度”。总部位于英国的快递服务公司爱马仕与专线小巴工会之间在英国包裹快递行业签订的“自营职业+”（SE+）协议是为弥补当前监管空白而进行的此类尝试的一个重要例子。我们批判性地分析了该协议，并为平台治理理论提供了借鉴。我们证明，私有化的SE+条款可能通过减少监管监督，提高生产力和加强对平台互补物的管理控制，为平台提供显着的好处。与此同时，虽然它们有可能破坏国家SEP系统并降低工人保护，但它们也为工会在平台经济中站稳脚跟提供了机会。
Platform capitalism has facilitated the widespread replacement of employment contracts with contracts for services. These offer significantly fewer social and employment protections for the independent contractors engaged. What does this mean for the future of national social and employment protection (SEPs) systems? We show how the question of platform workers’ employment status – and therefore access to SEPs – remain unresolved under UK law. Drawing on socio-legal theory, we demonstrate why digital labor platforms represent a challenge to existing modes of employment law and labor market regulation. In the absence of immediate legal ‘fixes’, some unions and firms are innovating new ‘privatized social protection systems’. A ‘Self-Employed Plus’ (SE+) agreement in the UK parcel courier sector developed between Hermes, a UK-based courier service, and the GMB union represents an important example of such attempts being made to bridge the current regulatory void. We critically analyze the agreement and draw lessons for platform governance theory. We demonstrate that privatized SE+ provisions potentially offer significant benefits for platforms by reducing regulatory oversight, boosting productivity, and enhancing managerial control over platform complementors. At the same time, while they risk undermining national SEP systems and degrading worker protections, they also offer a window of opportunity for trade unions to gain a foothold in the platform economy.
劳特利奇社会法律理论与方法手册
DOI：
10.4324/9780429952814
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2019
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作者：
Creutzfeldt N
通讯作者：
Creutzfeldt N
劳动力和平台经济的现代指南
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2021
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作者：
Englert, S.,
通讯作者：
Englert, S.,
解读就业状况
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作者：
Deakin S
通讯作者：
Deakin S