Digital Platforms and the concept of worker: Personal work relationship as a concept for workers

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Published 28-06-2019
DOI https://doi.org/10.1387/lan-harremanak.20880
Adrian Todolí Signes
Universidad de Valencia

Abstract

There is consensus in the labor law doctrine that the concept of worker must be interpreted according to the social reality of the moment in which it should be applied. The present work analyzes what this affirmation means in the current moment of expansion of digital platforms and autonomous work in general. For that, i) the existing proposals in the comparative doctrine of extension of the subjective scope of Labor Law are analyzed; ii) the aims of labor law; iii) the latest interpretations of the Supreme Court of the concept of worker. Based on this analysis, a purposive interpretation proposal is made of the concept of worker that allows to include all those who provide services without being genuinely a company.

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Signes, A. T. (2019). Digital Platforms and the concept of worker: Personal work relationship as a concept for workers. Lan Harremanak, (41). https://doi.org/10.1387/lan-harremanak.20880
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Keywords

worker concept, Labour Law scope, subordination, control-test, finalist interpretation of the concept of worker

Issue
No. 41 (2019): Collaborative Economy
Section
Monographic section

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