Extending the Personal Scope of Collective Bargaining as a Chance for Gig Workers? The Polish Case

Kozak-Maśnicka, Marta; Pisarczyk, Łukasz

doi:10.5040/9781509956227.ch-013

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“…Some platforms (for example, transport and food delivery) offer b2b contracts, including vehicle rental agreements. Drivers or suppliers have to establish their own businesses and conclude contracts with platforms as entrepreneurs (Kozak-Maśnicka and Pisarczyk, 2022: 213–217). But civil law contracts are popular also in traditional sectors of the economy: accommodation and food services, cleaning and security services, retail and construction (Lewandowski, 2018: 13).…”

Section: Development Of the Labour Market And Collective Bargaining I...mentioning

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“…An example of an organised group of self-employed workers comprised taxi drivers working as ‘entrepreneurs’ (single-person businesses) for traditional taxi companies (they have been affiliated with NSZZ Solidarność). For instance, they protested against the fact that certain administrative requirements (licences, city ‘knowledge’ exam) did not apply to platform workers, which made competition between digital platforms and traditional companies unfair (Kozak-Maśnicka and Pisarczyk, 2022: 225). Midwives are another example, some of whom are employed under civil law contracts.…”

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Uphill struggle: collective bargaining for the self-employed in Poland

Pisarczyk

2023

Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research

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Poland, which has one of the highest shares of self-employment and civil law contracts in total employment in the European Union, provides an instructive example of a labour law reform that extended the personal scope of collective bargaining. Since 1 January 2019, the right to collective bargaining has been extended to all workers in paid employment. The first effects of the reform have however been disappointing. Collective agreements concluded since the new law came into force hardly ever cover non-employees. These results are rooted both in social partners’ attitudes and strategies and in the existing legal framework. Employers keen on reducing labour costs are reluctant to enter into collective bargaining with self-employed workers, while trade unions have not adopted a comprehensive strategy for representing non-employees. At the same time, the law scarcely fosters and encourages social dialogue; in some areas it can even be an obstacle to developing collective bargaining for workers.

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Section: Development Of the Labour Market And Collective Bargaining I...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Who Are Working People? Who Can Benefit From the Right To Co...mentioning

confidence: 99%