Är appen min arbetsgivare? : En studie om plattformsarbete ur ett arbetsrättsligt perspektiv

• Main Author: Russell, Michelle
• Format: Others
• Language: Swedish
• Published: Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för ekonomistyrning och logistik (ELO) 2019
• Subjects: Platform work; platform economy; employee; employer; Law and Society; Juridik och samhälle
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-90047

The labour law includes the legal regulation between employees and employers. However, new forms of work have been developed the last decade, as perform work through a digital platform. Considerable of modern working life with new forms of labour organisations, do not fit in the labour law. Platform work is based in temporary assignments instead of determined working hours. This results in a flexible work form, but with less stability and regularity. This can engender a lack of rights and social security and an increased uncertainty regarding their work situation.   The purpose of this study is to illustrate the phenomenon platform work from a labour law perspective. To fulfil this purpose and answer the research questions it has been relevant to investigate legal material to interpret, systemise and determine applicable law. The study has placed great emphasises on practice and doctrine.   The result of this study shows that it is complex to applicate the labour law on platform workers and it is difficult to determine if they should be identified as workers in a legal sense. Platform work still brings several questions about how such a labour organisation stands in the labour market. In some respects the relation between the platform and the platform workers is equivalent to the relation between an employer and an employee, and in some respect’s relationships differ. More legal sources on the subject may be required to understand the relationship between platform work and the employer and employee concept.