The article discusses the issue of normative risk allocation in platform work, mainly in the transport and delivery sector. The author demonstrates that various types of risk are transferred to the worker, even though this is frequently not justified by the conditions of work provision. This creates a dissonance between the high degree of risk borne by workers and the extensive subordination to which they are often subjected in the work process. This state of affairs is contrary to the principle of employer’s risk characteristic of labour law. The author also points to the important role of algorithmic management in this phenomenon. She indicates what options are available for regulating the risk allocation in platform work in the future.
International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations