Working on digital work platforms ("platform work"): A new regulatory challenge for Bosnia and Herzegovina
Year: 2024
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: The basic tendency in the development of labor law in the 21st century is digitization of work. Defined as the development and application of information and communication technologies in the organization and performance of work tasks, digitalization of work brings with it multitude of positive and negative challenges. One of the most important is the legal regulation of digital work. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, such legal regulation does not exist, so workers who work on digital work platforms are formally and legally not recognized in domestic legislation. Although there are no statistical data on the share of "platform workers" in the workforce of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the fact is that digital work platforms are an integral part of modern life and that, following global trends, an increase in the number of employees trough digital platforms is expected. That is why correct classification and legal regulation of the working status of those workers is very important question that the domestic legislator will have to answer in framework of harmonizing labor legislation with the legal acquis of European Union. Wheter that answer will come in the form of amendments in the area of the labor market or adoption of new legal regulation, remains to be seen.
DOI: 10.5937/pdsc24705s
Author: Edina Šehrić
Language: English
Topic: Legal and Labor Studies
Subfield: Industrial relations
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4403132019