Unpacking self-employment ‘flexibility’
Platform companies trumpet the ‘freedom’ their ‘independent contractors’ enjoy. They misrepresent what freedom is.
AUTHOR PROFILE
Robert Donoghue
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.