Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/263077 
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Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
ILO Working Paper No. 11
Publisher: 
International Labour Organization (ILO), Geneva
Abstract: 
The growth of digital labour platforms worldwide creates both opportunities and challenges to the world of work as well as the traditional approaches of regulating work and setting minimum standards. This paper explores the implications of the digital labour platforms for labour regulation in China and the potential applicability of existing laws and regulations to platform work. It begins by defining platform work and reviewing its scope, composition and characteristics, with a focus on working conditions in China, followed by analysis on how labour regulation is complicated by the platform business models. In analysing the existing regulatory frameworks, the regulatory gaps become apparent. The paper concludes with policy options based on relevant international standards and the approaches to regulating platforms in other countries and the Chinese context, including its economic and policy environment as well as its industrial relations system.
Subjects: 
informal employment
non-standard forms of employment
digital labour
working conditions
labour contracts
labour law
labour legislation
social protection
informal economy
gig economy
ISBN: 
978-92-2-032239-0
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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