The development of information and communications technologies enables ever greater digitalization of work, which, amongst other things, gives rise to the platform economy. Making use of digital tools, the platform economy creates new ways of connecting workers and service users. By functioning online, the platforms are able to cut production costs. Additionally, through the use of the discourse of entrepreneurialism, the platforms deny the existence of employment relationships between the platform owners and workers, putting the latter in a precarious position. The organization of work on labour platforms is characterized by the asymmetry of information between the platform and workers, surveillance of workers, creating a surplus of labour force, flexibilization of work and evasion of legal regulations. Research of labour platforms points to low entry requirements for workers, a high level of spatial and temporal control, methods of “soft” control and positive aspects of work such as freedom from direct supervision and working outside. Through interviews with workers on Slovenian food delivery platforms (Ehrana and Wolt), I argue that not all of the characteristics of the organisation of labour platforms can be found on these platforms, as platform work in Slovenia is relatively new. However, Slovenian labour platforms also deny the existence of employment relationships and further the trends of flexibilization and precarisation of work. Further research of labour platforms must provide a basis for overcoming the inequality between workers and platform owners and look for alternative forms of organisation of platform work and possibilities for workers’ organisation.
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