Digital labour platforms and labour protection in China

Irene. Zhou

ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization

Abstract: The growth of digital labour platforms worldwide creates both opportunities and challenges to the world of work as well as the traditional approaches of regulating work and setting minimum stand- ards. This paper explores the implications of the digital labour platforms for labour regulation in China and the potential applicability of existing laws and regulations to platform work. It begins by defining platform work and reviewing its scope, composition and characteristics, with a focus on working con- ditions in China, followed by analysis on how labour regulation is complicated by the platform business models. In analysing the existing regulatory frameworks, the regulatory gaps become apparent. The paper concludes with policy options based on relevant international standards and the approaches to regulating platforms in other countries and the Chinese context, including its economic and policy environment as well as its industrial relations system.

Keywords: digital labour platforms; labour policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 1 online resource (58 p.) pages
Date: 2020
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