Digital platform workers on the Czech labour market
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Entrepreneurship comes in different shapes. Couriers work mostly in dependent self-employment
In an interview for Seznam Zprávy, Alžběta Mangarella explained the risks posed by dependent self-employment in the Czech platform economy. Full…
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Discussion on the psychosocial risks of platform work and presentation of the project to the Committee on Social Policy, Family and Care
On 1 December, we presented key psychosocial risks of platform work at a meeting of the Committee on Social Policy, Family and Care of the…
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Platform Work on the Pay Gap Podcast: Freedom or an Algorithmic Cage?
A new episode of the Pay Gap podcast features Markéta Švarcová and Alžběta Mangarella, offering a comprehensive look at the transformations of…
Read moreWhat we are currently working on
The first phase of the project is focused on mapping information about platform workers (i.e. the basic population). It is essential to define a digital platform, verify the availability of official data relating to digital platforms, and – last but not least – identify the entities that meet the definition of a digital platform. STEM is working on the following activities:
- Approaching key stakeholders in public administration who are responsible for data collection in areas related to the labor market and verifying the current situation in the data domain in relation to the issue of digital platforms;
- Establishing a definition of a digital platform, based on methodological guidelines (particularly) at the European level;
- Identifying digital platforms offering services in the Czech Republic and subsequently contacting them with a request for cooperation.
This project is co-financed from the state budget by the Technology agency of the Czech Republic under the SIGMA Progamme.
