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Domestic Workers in the Gig Economy
Manage episode 339121796 series 3312949
Has the gig economy helped or worsened conditions for domestic workers, who are disproportionately women?
Domestic workers lack some of the legal protections that other workers have. Given the legal status of gig workers as self-employed contractors, does this give them more flexibility or just even fewer employment rights? I am joined by Dr Natalie Sedacca, soon to be Assistant Professor in Employment Law at Durham University.
3:30: How legally protected are gig economy workers?
9.15: Protections for domestic workers
13:40: Is platform-based work better or worse for domestic workers?
16.28: Why the gig economy is much less flexible for these workers than other kinds of work
21.30: How some workers have tried to organise
23:20: Self-employed contractors vs competition law
36 episodes
Manage episode 339121796 series 3312949
Has the gig economy helped or worsened conditions for domestic workers, who are disproportionately women?
Domestic workers lack some of the legal protections that other workers have. Given the legal status of gig workers as self-employed contractors, does this give them more flexibility or just even fewer employment rights? I am joined by Dr Natalie Sedacca, soon to be Assistant Professor in Employment Law at Durham University.
3:30: How legally protected are gig economy workers?
9.15: Protections for domestic workers
13:40: Is platform-based work better or worse for domestic workers?
16.28: Why the gig economy is much less flexible for these workers than other kinds of work
21.30: How some workers have tried to organise
23:20: Self-employed contractors vs competition law
36 episodes
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