The Platform Economy & the Employment Relationship

Prof De Vos tackles the so-called gig economy and the legal relationship between internet platforms and labour. Several jurisdictions have been confronted in the last years with the question of whether these are just platforms providing digital services or employers of the service providers.

Marc de Vos

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