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- Convenors:
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Satyam Mishra
(Amity University Uttar Pradesh, India)
Anjan Sen (University of Delhi)
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- Format:
- Paper panel
Short Abstract:
This panel aims to discuss the issues and challenges related to the exponential growth of Gig (platform) economy across globe and future of informal workers' rights in developed as well as developing world. We expect to have a debate on informality and provisions of decent work to gig workers.
Long Abstract:
The exponential growth of the gig economy/platform-based work has transformed the way we work, bringing in new opportunities for flexible employment but it has also raised concerns about 'precarious work', gig workers' rights, non-existent provisions of social protection, and the implications for traditional labor market structures. This panel will delve into the evolving landscape of gig work, examining the challenges and opportunities it presents, particularly through the lens of "decent work." To promote labour rights, ILO proposed the 'decent work' concept with four components: productive employment, labour standards, social protection and social dialogue. By comparing and contrasting the work conditions in various countries and at different workplaces, workers' rights can be protected and promoted.
This panel session aims to discuss the nature, issues, and challenges related to informality, decent work, and gig workers’ rights in both developed and developing countries. We welcome paper presentations and case studies on the above-mentioned theme from across the globe. Moreover, this session plans to bridge the outcomes of deliberations to empirical research and theory building. By approaching the labor economists, legal scholars, platform representatives, gig worker advocates, and scholars in general, with good knowledge of both theories and practices, we expect a lively, relevant and much-needed debate on 'precarious work' and provisions of 'decent work'. Finally, this session focuses on responding to increasing international invitations to develop more critical analyses of "who gets what, where and how" (Smith, 1974) in the context of informality, decent work and the political economy of various spaces.