TY - JOUR

T1 - Online Platform Work and Work Environment Law

T2 - A Scandinavian Legal Perspective

AU - Hvidt, Martine Stagelund

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2022 Author(s).

PY - 2022

Y1 - 2022

N2 - This article addresses a specific work environment law aspect of online platform work, namely the question of whether the Scandinavian work environmental laws in their current form are suitable for protecting platformworkers from health and safety risks. In considering this question, the laws of the three Scandinavian countries - Denmark, Sweden and Norway - are singled out for comparison. The article argues that the uncertain legal status of online platformworkers has a potentially detrimental impact on their work environment rights. At the moment, there is no legal instrument in the Scandinavian countries directed solely at online platform work and the work environment. However, case law arising from specific scenarios demonstrates a definite need for work environment protection for online platform workers. For these workers, although their work may in some cases involve personal risk, they lack the express legal protections available to the self-employed. In such cases, it is unclear whether the Scandinavian laws on work environment are sufficiently equipped to handle online platform work if limited only to existing or default legislation.

AB - This article addresses a specific work environment law aspect of online platform work, namely the question of whether the Scandinavian work environmental laws in their current form are suitable for protecting platformworkers from health and safety risks. In considering this question, the laws of the three Scandinavian countries - Denmark, Sweden and Norway - are singled out for comparison. The article argues that the uncertain legal status of online platformworkers has a potentially detrimental impact on their work environment rights. At the moment, there is no legal instrument in the Scandinavian countries directed solely at online platform work and the work environment. However, case law arising from specific scenarios demonstrates a definite need for work environment protection for online platform workers. For these workers, although their work may in some cases involve personal risk, they lack the express legal protections available to the self-employed. In such cases, it is unclear whether the Scandinavian laws on work environment are sufficiently equipped to handle online platform work if limited only to existing or default legislation.

KW - health and safety at work

KW - legal status for gig workers

KW - online platform

KW - work environment

U2 - 10.18261/olr.8.3.1

DO - 10.18261/olr.8.3.1

M3 - Journal article

AN - SCOPUS:85132761238

VL - 8

SP - 111

EP - 125

JO - Oslo Law Review

JF - Oslo Law Review

SN - 2387-3299

IS - 3

ER -