The Platform Work: The Perspectives for Regulation by Russian Labor Law
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.201205.034How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- labor law, new forms of employment, gig-economy, platform work, digital work, digital economy
- Abstract
Due to the restrictions imposed because of the coronavirus infection, work through online platforms has become the focus of public attention and resonant public discussion. The article analyzes the prospects for the extension of labor law norms in this rapidly growing sector of employment. It is proposed to enshrine in the Labor Code a direct rule that work through online platforms, in which the platform sets the requirements for exactly how the work should be performed, should be qualified as labor under an employment contract. In addition, the author comes to the conclusion that it is necessary to adopt norms on the joint responsibility of the company owning the online platform and intermediary companies on which behalf the contracts are concluded with online workers. Longer-term and more fundamental decisions regarding new forms of employment should include a revision of the entire employment relations paradigm as well as the notion of actor of labor law. The employment relationship notion should be expanded and include the actors with currently transitional legal statuses in relation to contractors who do not have all the characteristics of an employee working under an employment contract, but are in need of legal protection due to economic dependence.
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- © 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Nikita Lyutov PY - 2020 DA - 2020/12/07 TI - The Platform Work: The Perspectives for Regulation by Russian Labor Law BT - Proceedings of the XIV European-Asian Law Congress "The Value of Law" (EAC-LAW 2020) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 193 EP - 198 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201205.034 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.201205.034 ID - Lyutov2020 ER -