
Unpacking self-employment ‘flexibility’
Platform companies trumpet the ‘freedom’ their ‘independent contractors’ enjoy. They misrepresent what freedom is.
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Robert Donoghue is a PhD candidate in social and policy sciences at the University of Bath, focusing on the ethical workplace and how workplaces are transformed by 'smart' technologies. He is also a research officer at the University of Essex, writing about legislation globally on artificial intelligence for the Research Department of the International Labour Organization.

Platform companies trumpet the ‘freedom’ their ‘independent contractors’ enjoy. They misrepresent what freedom is.