Migrant labour in the ‘gig’ economy: progress or trap?
Agnieszka Piasna and Wouter Zwysen
Platform work is often presented as a stepping-stone for migrant workers. It may not however feel so benign to them.
Digitalisation and job quality—the evidence
The impact of digitalisation on work is uneven—but more positive where workers are protected by institutional arrangements.
Organising and bargaining in the platform economy
Unions have the capacities to mobilise and represent platform workers and connected workforces in non-standard work forms.
The ‘freedom’ to work for nothing
Valeria Pulignano and Agnieszka Piasna
Irregular pay is one of the criticisms levelled at platform companies. But some of the time there is no pay at all.
What should a female career and family structure post-pandemic look like?
The pandemic threatens to exacerbate gender inequalities and reinforce the association between women and unpaid care—unless contrary action is taken.
Gig-life balance?
Impossible hours carved out by apps have often been presented as if self-determined ‘flexibility’ on the part of workers.
Better working conditions, more predictable work—the new EU directive
The EU directive on irregular work is a positive step but it struggles with the contradiction of protecting workers from the labour-market risks transferred by capital.
Where Do We Stand With “More And Better” Jobs In Europe?
The European Union has gone a long way since the Lisbon Strategy of 2000 with its “more and better jobs” objective. In parallel with the
Dispelling Creative Myths On Lower Employment Protection
Agnieszka Piasna and Martin Myant
In the years since the 2008 crisis, 229 employment protection reforms have been imposed across EU member states (see here). There has been a strong