ILO Adopts New Labour Standard for Uber, Bolt, Other Platform Workers
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After tough negotiations, the historic agreement stands for platform workers. However, many questions remain open.
Members of the International Labour Organization (ILO) adopted on Friday the first international treaty to protect all workers from the platforms that are at the heart of the digital economy.
The International Labour Organization (ILO) adopted the “Convention on Decent Work in the Platform Economy” at its last meeting on 12 June. This is the first international labour law on digital platforms. Among the justifications for adopting the convention is that the “decent work deficits existing in the platform economy” are recognized. Although these operate across borders, it indicates that customers, workers and platforms may be located in…
ITUC-Africa commends historic ILO Convention
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa) has commended the International Labour Organisation (ILO) for the adoption of the Convention on Decent Work in the Platform Economy. Describing the Convention as historic in a statement signed by its general secretary, Joel Odigie, the Pan African Regional Organisation said it joins the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) in “welcoming the adoption of the ILO Convention on Dece…
— An unprecedented international framework for the economics of platforms The International Labour Conference adopted on Friday in Geneva the first legally binding international convention on decent work in the economy of digital platforms, marking a major step in the global regulation of work in the digital age. The text, adopted in the framework of [...]
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