KNOWLEDGE SHARING ON DIGITAL LABOUR PLATFORM CASE LAW

In a constantly changing world of work, rights at work are confronted with many challenges. Digital labour platforms are a distinctive part of the digital economy. By connecting businesses and clients to workers, they are transforming labour processes, with major implications for the future of work. The main challenge is not to make all work standard but rather to make all work decent. It is important to reflect and respond to the significant transformations in the world of work. Case law referring to International Labour Standards (ILS) and the work of the ILO supervisory bodies in digital labour platforms can provide valuable inputs for a comparative analysis of the implications of these changes in different areas of the world. The exchange of experiences and the mutual learning between judges, lawyers and academics from different countries on ILS contribution in guiding the future decisions represent a source of inspiration at national level for strengthening the crucial judicial role in a changing world of work. OBJECTIVES The three-day debate aimed to provide a unique opportunity to analyse and discuss the implications and challenges brought about by the effects of the digital labour platforms on the current employment model and the consequent impact on decisions concerning the application of ILS and substantive rights for digital platform . Drawing on the guidance from International Labour Standards (ILS) and current case law at national level, the knowledge sharing series aimed at supporting a comparative analysis of case law ruling digital platform litigations. CONTENT During the three-day event participants had the opportunity to update knowledge and share experiences & case studies on the following topics: • Recent comparative studies at international level on the impact of digital labour platforms; • Effective implementation of relevant ILS; • International law and the platform economy: An analysis of four jurisdictions-Case studies from US, EU, Latin America.; • Conflict of laws in digital economy and jurisdictional issues; • Comparative analysis of the trends, commonalities and differences worldwide.