Working time regulation in the digital environment : a fundamental must to avoid modern slavery
Sole Truyols, Montserrat 
(Universitat Rovira i Virgili)
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University of Lund, 2021 |
Resum: |
Two main determinants of the employment relation, time and place disappear with digitalization causing a contradictory effect as far as workers are concerned. In the positive side, autonomy and self-organization; on the negative side health and work-life balance. In order to avoid such negative consequences, several countries have recognized workers' right to disconnect without facing repercussions. However, the matter is much more complex and involves a collective dimension that is often neglected. It is worth noting that individual health problems increase public social security expenses or that long working hours reduce labour market entries and that not registered working hours reduce social security contributions. Drawing on the idea that working time limit is a fundamental feature to avoid modern slavery, this paper claims the need to regulate working time in the digital environment, broadly understood. To this end the paper is organized as follows: Second part delves on the ILO standards on working time to make a short review of the historical objectives that lead to current regulation. Third part examines the link between individual and collective effects of digital work, broadly conceived and argues why the right to disconnect does not suffice if it does not establish legal obligations. Fourth part analyses the difficulties to define what is considered working time when using technological devices. Fifth part focuses on the existence of technology that selects, controls, monitors, records, tracks the activities of the worker, to content that regulation should introduce compulsive time stripes outside which the programs remain inoperative. Finally, sixth part discusses the pros and cons of the proposal and opens perspectives for future research. |
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Anglès |
Document: |
Comunicació de congrés ; recerca ; Versió publicada |
Matèria: |
SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth |
Publicat a: |
Ilera World Congress. Lund, Sweden, 19th : June 2021 |
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