In this short essay dedicated to the memory of Riccardo Del Punta, my aim is to highlight one of his (many) contributions to labour law, and to reflect on possible ways to apply it on a timely question. Is it argued that the capability approach can be used as an aid to help determine the status of on-demand platform workers. More specifically, because such workers often have some freedom to choose when to work and how much to work, we can use the capability approach to examine to what extent this freedom is real and meaningful, and also, to what extent it is relevant for the need of specific labour law protections.
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Chapter Title
Platform Workers, Autonomy, and the Capability Approach
Authors
Guy Davidov
Language
English
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0507-8.20
Peer Reviewed
Publication Year
2024
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© 2024 Author(s)
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Book Title
Trasformazioni, valori e regole del lavoro
Book Subtitle
Scritti per Riccardo Del Punta - Volume III
Editors
William Chiaromonte, Maria Luisa Vallauri
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
1256
Publication Year
2024
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© 2024 Author(s)
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0507-8
ISBN Print
979-12-215-0506-1
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-0507-8
eISBN (epub)
979-12-215-0508-5
Series Title
Studi e saggi
Series ISSN
2704-6478
Series E-ISSN
2704-5919