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Research Fellow of the Research Group
patrick.feuerstein [at] wzb.eu
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Abstract

The Fairwork secretariat is a cooperation between the WZB Social Science Centre and the Oxford Internet Institute (University of Oxford) dedicated to the research and evaluation of working conditions on digital platforms.

Digital labour platforms provide important income opportunities for millions of people all over the world. Most platform workers, however, are either not protected by existing employment law or collective bodies. Consequently, platform workers often face low wages and precarity as well as poor and dangerous working conditions.

Duration
01.11.2020-30.09.2025
Funding
Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ), Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
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A new study shows that poverty itself does not cause unethical behavior

Der Zugang zur Weiterbildung von Erwachsenen auf dem Arbeitsmarkt ist ungleich verteilt. Vor allem Arbeitnehmer*innen, die Routineaufgaben ausführen, werden weniger geschult. Gleichzeitig ist es wahrscheinlich, das diese Tätigkeiten zukünftig durch Maschinen ersetzt werden. Es bekommen also genau die Arbeitnehmer*innen wenig Weiterbildung, die dies potenziell am meisten benötigen, um beispielsweise neue Tätigkeiten aufzunehmen. Eine Analyse von Martin Ehlert.

 

Fair treatment at work is not the norm for everyone. This is especially the case within the gig economy, where secure employment is lacking and trade unions have little influence. Now, the WZB and the Oxford Internet Institute intend to study the gig economy in a joint research project in order to develop fairness ratings for digital platforms, that are used as a lever to improve working conditions.

Tuesday, 23 March 2021
Subtitle
WZB Talk by Katja Salomo
Description

 

Tuesday, 23 March 2021
Start: 2:00 pm

Contact

Contact name
Friederike Theilen-Kosch
friederike.theilen-kosch [at] wzb.eu