Gig workers’ rights and their strategic litigation
A window of opportunity has opened up to utilise EU law on health and safety to advance the rights of ‘gig’ workers in domestic courts.
Social Europe articles on the economy
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Telework during the Covid-19 crisis: new reality, old questions
Teleworking has surged during the pandemic. New forms of autonomy have been glimpsed, as well as new forms of control.
Social Europe on the wrong track?
The Dobersberger case proved that some workers could be more equal than others.
Eurozone reform—it’s not just the fiscal rules
At least as important is the reform of the procedure for preventing and correcting macroeconomic imbalances.
The infrastructural power of platform capitalism
We can’t go back to a world without labour platforms, so their proprietary digital infrastructure must be recreated as a public good.
The many worlds of work in the 4.0 era
The transformation of work is not simply from jobs to automation. Its complex, variable character demands a matching policy portfolio.
New forms of employment in Europe—how new is new?
Standard employment is not simply being replaced by non-standard work. But work is becoming more diverse and policy must accordingly become more tailored.
Easing the EU fiscal straitjacket
Without major reform of the EU fiscal framework, Peter Bofinger argues, public investment will be insufficient in the wake of the pandemic.
Covid-19: more action needed to secure workers’ safety
The pandemic has highlighted how public health and workers’ safety are closely intertwined.
Collective voice for platform workers: riders’ union struggles in Italy
Autonomous unions, allied with trade union confederations, have shown how collective bargaining can be won by the precariat which employers seek to fragment.
Telework and the ‘right to disconnect’
Pressure is growing within the European Parliament for an EU directive.
The first global event in the history of humankind
While some talk of ‘deglobalisation’, Branko Milanovic argues that the pandemic will push forward the globalisation of labour.
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