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- Title
Gig Workers -- Independent Contractors or Employees?
- Authors
Sridhar, R.; Kumar, K. Nanda; Panda, S.
- Abstract
The claim that platform companies are 'technology' businesses and that those who are supplying their services, through the platforms, to end customers are independent contractors and not workers is a sham and that platform companies are engaging in to lower wages and benefit costs and avoid the effort of cultivating employee relations. The authors base their arguments on the theoretical frameworks on modes of employment, the nature and types of administrative control used by employers to manage worker performance, and the strategic human resource frameworks that recognize the influence of employment practices on employee behaviors and productivity for the benefit of organizations. They conclude by urging the platform companies to move away from practicing 'digital Taylorism' and towards fulfilling an agenda that promotes decent work.
- Subjects
INDEPENDENT contractors; TEMPORARY employment; INDUSTRIAL relations; CONSUMERS; TAYLORISM (Management); LABOR; STORAGE &; moving industry; EMPLOYMENT practices
- Publication
Indian Journal of Industrial Relations, 2023, Vol 59, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0019-5286
- Publication type
Article