WORK ON DEMAND

The WorkOD project seeks to investigate the ever-evolving nature of contracts and contracting behaviour in the world of work - not only contracts of employment, but also those of casual, ‘zero-hours', and self-employed workers. A particular point of focus is the emerging ‘gig' or ‘on demand' economy, in which consumers order a range of services,... The project is motivated by a normative and empirical concern with the continued viability of systems of labour law that are, broadly-speaking, protective of workers' interests. It builds on previous, prize-winning research conducted by the Principal Investigator, Ruth Dukes, into traditional and more recent market-based approaches to the study of labour law.