Dr Adam Badger
Former Research Associate
Adam Badger was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Oxford Internet Institute, researching working practice in the global gig economy as part of the Fairwork project.
Date & Time:
14:00 - 17:00,
Friday 28 April, 2023
14:00 - 17:00,
Friday 28 April, 2023
Location:
Newspeak House
Newspeak House
How to attend:
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About
Digital labour platforms are increasingly challenging conventional employment relations and shaping the future of work in the UK. On the one hand, gig work promotes economic growth, and the creation of new jobs lowers labour market entry barriers for some workers and provides job flexibility to those who need it. On the other hand, companies might slip through existing regulatory frameworks, and workers experience unfair working conditions on the platforms.
This year’s report, ‘Fairwork UK Ratings 2023: A Call for Transparency’, evaluates the working conditions in 12 of the most popular digital labour platforms in the country, including Amazon Flex, Bolt, Deliveroo, Getir, Gorillas, Just Eat, Ola, Pedal Me, Stuart, Task Rabbit, Uber, and Yoopies. Our findings reveal that there are significant shifts underway in the platform economy in the wake of a tech financing collapse, a cost-of-living crisis, and the alleviation of COVID-19 restrictions for a whole year. Whilst the pandemic may have been halcyon days for platform companies, reality is starting to bite. We’ll be asking whether workers are left paying the price.
Speakers
Dr Funda Ustek Spilda
Research Associate
Dr Funda Ustek-Spilda was a postdoctoral researcher and project manager on the Fairwork project at the Oxford Internet Institute.
Six Silberman
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship – Algorithmic Bias and Discrimination, Bonavero Institute of Human Rights
Michael ‘Six’ Silberman is a postdoctoral researcher in the iManage Project at Bonavero, contributing to research on regulating algorithmic management.
Dr Sarrah Kassem
University of Tübingen
Sarrah Kassem is Lecturer and Research Associate in Political Economy at the Institute of Political Science at the University of Tübingen.
Ferdousara Uddin
Regional Organiser, GMB
Emma Selinger
Ventures Manager, Resolution Foundation
Emma manages the investment pipeline and Workertech community for Resolution Ventures, the social investment activity of the Foundation with a focus on worker tech.
Fairwork
Fairwork highlights best and worst labour practices in the platform economy. Our goal is to show that better, and fairer, jobs are possible in the platform economy and low pay, precarity, and poor working conditions.