Labour Law, Platform Work and the Changing Employment Relationship

Abstract

Platform-based work has challenged conventional legal categories of employment and self-employment. Digital platforms can coordinate workers and customers while using algorithmic management to allocate tasks and evaluate performance, raising questions about status, wages, social protection and collective bargaining. This paper examines the principal legal principles, scholarly debates, institutional mechanisms, practical implications and emerging challenges associated with the topic. It adopts an analytical and comparative perspective and emphasizes legal certainty, accountability, procedural fairness and effective remedies.