Algorithmic management in platform-based work

Abstract

In the last decade, one of the most researched topics among labour lawyers has been the issue of people who work - or perform activities - through so-called digital platforms, and most of the research and opinions are directed at how the status of this group of people can be defined and their fundamental rights established within the existing legal system. In international terms, there is therefore a wealth of literature available, and this research could have led the EU legislator in the direction of regulating the problem. The present short paper raises issues related to a significant slice of regulation, that of algorithmic management, which, moreover, shapes (distorts) the content of the legal relationship not only of those who operate on platforms - we deliberately do not use the term employee - but also of those in traditional employment relationships, making them even more vulnerable. The paper briefly describes two typical forms of platform economy and characterises the conditions of algorithmic management and its impact on employees