Research Agenda for the Gig Economy and Society

Edited by Valerio De Stefano, PhD, Canada Research Chair in Innovation, Law and Society, Associate Professor of Law, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto, Canada, Ilda Durri, Charalampos Stylogiannis, PhD Candidates, Institute for Labour Law, KU Leuven, Belgium and Mathias Wouters, PhD, legal adviser on the law of the Benelux countries, Swiss Institute for Comparative Law, Lausanne, Switzerland

• Contents:1 Introduction to A Research Agenda for the GigEconomy and Society 1Valerio De Stefano, Ilda Durri, CharalamposStylogiannis, Mathias Wouters2 Exclusion by default: Platform workers’ quest forlabour protections 13Valerio De Stefano, Ilda Durri, CharalamposStylogiannis, Mathias Wouters3 The impact of the gig-economy on occupationalhealth and safety: Just an occupation hazard? 33Aude Cefaliello, Cristina Inversi4 Algorithmic discrimination, the role of GPS, andthe limited scope of EU non-discrimination law 53Elena Gramano, Miriam Kullmann5 The law and worker voice in the gig economy 73Alan Bogg, Ricardo Buendia6 Platform economy and the risk of in-workpoverty: A research agenda for social security lawyers 93Paul Schoukens, Alberto Barrio, Eleni De Becker7 Platform work and precariousness: Low earningsand limited control of work 113Iain Campbell8 On demand work as a legal framework tounderstand the gig economy 133Ruth Dukes9 Domestic work and the gig economy 149Natalie Sedacca10 Is flexibility and autonomy a myth or reality ontaxi platforms? Comparison between traditionaland app-based taxi drivers in developing countries 167Uma Rani, Nora Gobel, Rishabh Kumar Dhir11 The emerging geographies of platform labour:Intensifying trends in global capitalism 193Kelle Howson, Alessio Bertolini, Srujana Katta,Funda Ustek-Spilda, Mark Graham12 Crowdwork and global supply chains: Regulatingdigital piecework 215Nastazja Potocka-SionekIndex 235

‘This important volume lays bare the significance of platform work for the wider world of work and for society at large. Through a multidisciplinary perspective it addresses a myriad of issues concerning platform work that have not received their due attention such as occupational safety and health, discrimination, and gaps in cross-border governance. The editors and contributors have done a fantastic job in making clear both the exceptional – and the unexceptional – aspects of platform work and thus provide a useful guide to scholars, social partners and policymakers of how to shape the gig economy so that it can be of benefit to all.’