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The Gig Economy’s Corporate Crime Problem

Platform work companies are not only dodging their legal responsibilities as employers by not recognising their workers as employees. Deliveroo, Uber Eats and Glovo are thriving in the gig economy also by effectively outsourcing risks onto couriers and encouraging them to break the law. Falling asleep at the car’s wheel after 12 hours of work […]

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On nurses, strikes, and public sociology

Warszawa, 10.09.2015. Manifestacja pielêgniarek i po³o¿nych, zorganizowana przez Ogólnopolski Zwi¹zek Zawodowy Pielêgniarek i Po³o¿nych rozpoczê³a siê w Warszawie, 10 bm. Protestuj¹ce przejd¹ sprzed Kancelarii Prezesa Rady Ministrów pod Sejm, gdzie odbêdzie siê konferencja prasowa. W manifestacji zapowiedzia³o udzia³ ok. 10 tysiêcy pielêgniarek i po³o¿nych zrzeszonych w OZZPiP. (cat) PAP/Pawe³ Supernak

  This article originally appeared on ChangingEmployment.eu by Julia Kubisa on June 08 2016. On 24th May 2016 nurses who work at the Child Health Centre, the major paediatric centre for serious illnesses in Poland, started a strike action. It means that they stopped providing care for their patients – nevertheless the care was provided by head […]