Collective Bargaining and the Gig Economy A Traditional Tool for New Business Models

• Other Authors: Miranda Boto, José María (Editor), Brameshuber, Elisabeth (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: London Bloomsbury Academic 2022
• Subjects: Employment & labour law; IT & Communications law; Competition law / Antitrust law; platform economy; gig workers; digitalisation; digital platforms; employment status; trade unions; ILO; ETUI; ETUC; European Social Charter; European Committee of Social Rights; litigation; collective agreements; labour protection; collective labour rights; regulation; migrant workers; zero-hours work; algorithmic decision-making; crowdwork; soft law; enforceable rights; GDPR; self employment
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This open access book investigates the role of collective bargaining in the gig economy. Despite the variety of situations covered by the term "gig economy", collective agreements for employees and non-employees are being concluded in various countries, either at company or at branch level. Offline workers such as riders, food deliverers, drivers or providers of cleaning services are slowly gaining access to the series of negotiated rights that, in the past, were only available to employees. The chapters analyse recent high-profile decisions including Uber in France's Court de Cassation, Glovo in the Spanish Supreme Court, and Uber in the UK Supreme Court. They evaluate the bargaining agents in different Member States of the EU, to determine whether established actors are participating in the dynamics of the gig economy or if they are being substituted, totally or partially, by new agents. Interesting best practices are drawn from the comparison, also as regards the contents of collective bargaining, raising awareness in those countries that are being left behind in the dynamics of the gig economy. The book collects the results of the COGENS (VS/2019/0084) research project, funded by the European Union, that gathered scholars and stakeholders from 17 countries. It will be an invaluable resource for scholars, trade unionists and policy makers. The eBook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com.