Role of court decisions in improving the quality of work life of platform workers

Abstract

Judicial recognition of the relationship between a platform worker and a digital labor platform is one of the ways to improve the quality of work life of such a group of citizens. By acquiring the legal status of an employee, they fall under the protection of labor law. The article provides and analyzes examples of court decisions adopted in the UK and Kazakhstan, concludes on the formation of a global trend in the recognition of platform workers as employees working under an employment contract. In Russia, this method cannot be effectively implemented due to the lack of proper economic and legal conditions.