Digital platform work: OSH implications

Definition and taxonomy

The digital transition has been producing significant transformations in the European economic system. One of the most relevant is the emergence of digital labour platforms as new market players. Originally conceived as online marketplaces where the demand for services could meet the supply[1], digital labour platforms enhanced their role to the point of establishing a proper economic structure – the so-called platform economy – which can be distinguished from the traditional market and operates according to its specific rules.The overall heterogeneity of the digital platform economy – namely, the fact that it includes a wide array of different…