Li, Jing; Jianfei, Li --- "Labour relations and labour law in shared economy" [2019] ELECD 1076; in Westerveld, Mies; Olivier, Marius (eds), "Social Security Outside the Realm of the Employment Contract" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019) 104

Book Title: Social Security Outside the Realm of the Employment Contract

Editor(s): Westerveld, Mies; Olivier, Marius

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Section: Chapter 5

Section Title: Labour relations and labour law in shared economy

Author(s): Li, Jing; Jianfei, Li

Number of pages: 16

Abstract/Description:

The shared economy is evolving and is creating new forms of economic and social development, and the labour relations and labour laws are facing unprecedented challenges. In terms of the subject, the "one-to-one" employment relationship is increasingly blurred, leading to embarrassment in the affirmation of employment relationships. In terms of the object, labour behaviour and labour results all have new forms and new attributions, leading to weakened reasons for the legal liability of employers. In terms of the content, labour relations present an omni-dimensional change, necessitating significant change to labour laws. Faced with the challenges of the shared economy to labour laws, concepts and countermeasures such as the "third type of labour" and "loose type non-labour relation" that are yet to be identified now appear in the application of law. How to carry out the mission of safeguarding the lawful rights and interests of labourers under the new mode of production and labour is a question that requires serious thinking and careful answers.