TY - JOUR
T1 - Work in the Gig-Economy: The Role of the State and Non-State Actors Ceding and Seizing Regulatory Space
AU - Inversi, Cristina
AU - Dundon, Tony
AU - Buckley, Lucy Ann
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2022.
PY - 2023/10
Y1 - 2023/10
N2 - Using the concept of regulatory space, this article asks how both the state and non-state actors influence employment regulations particular to the gig-economy. To address this question a mixed method approach is used, including interviews with strategically placed informants involved in policy formation at national and international levels, content analysis of legal cases, parliamentary inquiry transcripts and policy reports. The analysis contributes to an understanding of employment regulation by the state in two ways. First, it reports distinct ‘levers’, which lead to a particular state role of ‘ceding and seizing’ regulatory power. Second, it argues that these levers ultimately serve the accumulation interests of capital over the legitimacy of employment rights for labour. The findings have wider societal implications for issues of equity, justice and employment regulation applicable to the gig-economy.
AB - Using the concept of regulatory space, this article asks how both the state and non-state actors influence employment regulations particular to the gig-economy. To address this question a mixed method approach is used, including interviews with strategically placed informants involved in policy formation at national and international levels, content analysis of legal cases, parliamentary inquiry transcripts and policy reports. The analysis contributes to an understanding of employment regulation by the state in two ways. First, it reports distinct ‘levers’, which lead to a particular state role of ‘ceding and seizing’ regulatory power. Second, it argues that these levers ultimately serve the accumulation interests of capital over the legitimacy of employment rights for labour. The findings have wider societal implications for issues of equity, justice and employment regulation applicable to the gig-economy.
KW - employment power
KW - employment regulation
KW - gig-economy
KW - regulatory space
KW - the state
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85132611009&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/09500170221080387
DO - 10.1177/09500170221080387
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85132611009
SN - 0950-0170
VL - 37
SP - 1279
EP - 1298
JO - Work, Employment and Society
JF - Work, Employment and Society
IS - 5
ER -