The era of digitalisation has introduced new forms of works. Abroad as well as in Slovenia, working through a so-called online platform, where the creator of the platform connects contracting authorities and contractors, is gaining more and more interest. This type of work was supposed to encompass mainly casual or afternoon jobs, undertaken by individuals in order to improve their financial situation. Nonetheless, according to research, this type of work represents an increasing proportion of employment relationships, meaning that for a growing number of people performing this type of work means a primary (or the only) source of income. Such a worker cannot allow themselves to refuse a job and, at the same time, cannot profit from corresponding social security and social insurance – the current legislation mostly allows social security to workers employed in one of the formal types of work (employment relationship, civil contract). This paper presents work on demand as one of the fastest growing atypical forms of work and, using a secondary data analysis method, portrays the shortcomings in laws regulating social insurance in relation to work on demand in the Republic of Slovenia. Workers performing work on demand do not receive satisfactory social security in Slovenia nor in the European Union. Even though the EU and its member states are aware how problematic obtaining social security can be for workers performing work on demand, there are no laws appropriately regulating the matter. One of the key problems lays in the classification of work on demand and a suitable placement of work on demand in existing laws regulating social insurance.
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