Chapter Platform Workers, Autonomy, and the Capability Approach

In this short essay dedicated to the memory of Riccardo Del Punta, my aim is to highlight one of his (many) contributions to labour law, and to reflect on possible ways to apply it on a timely question. Is it argued that the capability approach can be used as an aid to help determine the status of o...

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description In this short essay dedicated to the memory of Riccardo Del Punta, my aim is to highlight one of his (many) contributions to labour law, and to reflect on possible ways to apply it on a timely question. Is it argued that the capability approach can be used as an aid to help determine the status of on-demand platform workers. More specifically, because such workers often have some freedom to choose when to work and how much to work, we can use the capability approach to examine to what extent this freedom is real and meaningful, and also, to what extent it is relevant for the need of specific labour law protections.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1495852025-07-21T15:45:13Z Chapter Platform Workers, Autonomy, and the Capability Approach Davidov, Guy Capability approach platform workers on-demand work employee status thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LNH Employment and labour law: general thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LNH Employment and labour law: general In this short essay dedicated to the memory of Riccardo Del Punta, my aim is to highlight one of his (many) contributions to labour law, and to reflect on possible ways to apply it on a timely question. Is it argued that the capability approach can be used as an aid to help determine the status of on-demand platform workers. More specifically, because such workers often have some freedom to choose when to work and how much to work, we can use the capability approach to examine to what extent this freedom is real and meaningful, and also, to what extent it is relevant for the need of specific labour law protections. 2025-01-11T07:40:30Z 2025-01-11T07:40:30Z 2024-12-20T12:51:07Z 2024 chapter ONIX_20241220_9791221505078_558 2704-5919 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/96766 9791221505078 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/149585 eng Studi e saggi open access image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/96766/1/43102.pdf Firenze University Press 10.36253/979-12-215-0507-8.20 10.36253/979-12-215-0507-8.20 2ec4474d-93b1-4cfa-b313-9c6019b51b1a 9791221505078 12 Florence open access
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Chapter Platform Workers, Autonomy, and the Capability Approach
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platform workers
on-demand work
employee status
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