Collective bargaining and the gig economy. A traditional tool for new business models
- Authors: Tomashevsky K.L.1, Izbienova T.A.2
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Affiliations:
- Timiryasov Kazan Innovative University
- Mari State University
- Issue: No 4 (2025)
- Pages: 217-222
- Section: Criticism and bibliography
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1026-9452/article/view/293852
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/S1026945225040165
- ID: 293852
Abstract
The review analyzes a recently published collective monograph by foreign scientists, mainly representing universities from the UK and the European Union, devoted to the problems of collective bargaining regulation, including collective bargaining in the context of building a gig economy. The reviewers consistently characterize the two parts of this book, which are divided into 14 chapters. The main attention in the reviewed book is paid to such issues as the inclusion of platform workers, such as taxi aggregator drivers, food delivery platform couriers, etc. in the collective bargaining process, discusses the provisions of the European Union Directive on improving working conditions on the platform, the judicial practice of the courts of Great Britain, France and other countries on labor disputes of platform workers with digital platforms Uber, Glovo.
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About the authors
Kirill L. Tomashevsky
Timiryasov Kazan Innovative University
Author for correspondence.
Email: k_tomashevski@tut.by
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4098-4943
Doctor of Law, Professor of the Department of Civil and Business Law
Russian Federation, 42, Moskovskaya St., Kazan, 420111Tatiana A. Izbienova
Mari State University
Email: nfnf1978@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1143-3851
PhD in Law, Associate Professor, Deputy Dean
Russian Federation, 1, Lenin Sq., Yoshkar-Ola, 424000References
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