TY - JOUR
T1 - Regulating Health and Safety in Work for Digital Labor Platforms in Australia: The Example of Food Deliverers
AU - Bluff, Elizabeth
AU - Johnstone, Richard
AU - Quinlan, Michael
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - In Australia, as in other countries, engaging workers through digital labor platforms is a significant and growing trend in the labor market. At least 100 platforms operate in diverse industry sectors spanning food, transportation, professional, writing and translation, clerical, data entry, creative and multimedia services, as well as work in software development, sales and marketing, c a r i n g , s k i l l e d t r a d e s , o d d j o b s a n d maintenance (James 2020, 32–34). Around 7.1 percent of respondents (aged 18 to 74) to a national, representative survey had participated in platform mediated work in the 12 months prior to the survey, and 13.1 percent had done platform work at some time (McDonald et al. 2019, 3). Individuals often work across platforms and combine platform work in a “portfolio” of subcontracting or wage and salary jobs, with the income earned from platform work largely supplementing their other earnings (James 2020, 26–27).
AB - In Australia, as in other countries, engaging workers through digital labor platforms is a significant and growing trend in the labor market. At least 100 platforms operate in diverse industry sectors spanning food, transportation, professional, writing and translation, clerical, data entry, creative and multimedia services, as well as work in software development, sales and marketing, c a r i n g , s k i l l e d t r a d e s , o d d j o b s a n d maintenance (James 2020, 32–34). Around 7.1 percent of respondents (aged 18 to 74) to a national, representative survey had participated in platform mediated work in the 12 months prior to the survey, and 13.1 percent had done platform work at some time (McDonald et al. 2019, 3). Individuals often work across platforms and combine platform work in a “portfolio” of subcontracting or wage and salary jobs, with the income earned from platform work largely supplementing their other earnings (James 2020, 26–27).
M3 - Article
VL - 1
SP - 92
EP - 116
JO - Japanese Journal of Occupational Health Law
JF - Japanese Journal of Occupational Health Law
IS - 1
ER -