TY - JOUR
T1 - Regulating Health and Safety in Work for Digital Labor Platforms in Australia: The Example of Food Deliverers
AU - Bluff, Elizabeth
AU - Johnstone, Richard
AU - Quinlan, Michael
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - In Australia, as in other countries, engaging
workers through digital labor platforms is
a significant and growing trend in the labor
market. At least 100 platforms operate in
diverse industry sectors spanning food,
transportation, professional, writing and
translation, clerical, data entry, creative and
multimedia services, as well as work in
software development, sales and marketing,
c a r i n g , s k i l l e d t r a d e s , o d d j o b s a n d
maintenance (James 2020, 32–34). Around
7.1 percent of respondents (aged 18 to 74) to a
national, representative survey had participated
in platform mediated work in the 12 months
prior to the survey, and 13.1 percent had done
platform work at some time (McDonald et
al. 2019, 3). Individuals often work across
platforms and combine platform work in a
“portfolio” of subcontracting or wage and
salary jobs, with the income earned from
platform work largely supplementing their
other earnings (James 2020, 26–27).
AB - In Australia, as in other countries, engaging
workers through digital labor platforms is
a significant and growing trend in the labor
market. At least 100 platforms operate in
diverse industry sectors spanning food,
transportation, professional, writing and
translation, clerical, data entry, creative and
multimedia services, as well as work in
software development, sales and marketing,
c a r i n g , s k i l l e d t r a d e s , o d d j o b s a n d
maintenance (James 2020, 32–34). Around
7.1 percent of respondents (aged 18 to 74) to a
national, representative survey had participated
in platform mediated work in the 12 months
prior to the survey, and 13.1 percent had done
platform work at some time (McDonald et
al. 2019, 3). Individuals often work across
platforms and combine platform work in a
“portfolio” of subcontracting or wage and
salary jobs, with the income earned from
platform work largely supplementing their
other earnings (James 2020, 26–27).
M3 - Article
VL - 1
SP - 92
EP - 116
JO - Japanese Journal of Occupational Health Law
JF - Japanese Journal of Occupational Health Law
IS - 1
ER -