Workers and the Post-COVID Transportation Gig Economy

Regan, Amelia; Christie, Nicola

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-00148-2_4

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“…In the Spanish context, however, no research was conducted on how the opinions were divided between self-employment and employment and the reason behind supporting self-employment laid in the broader employment situation in the society. Regan and Christie (2023) claim that food delivery couriers increasingly insist on being treated as employees. This does not seem to be the case for Wolt couriers in Finland.…”

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“…In exchange for freedom, self-employed workers are responsible for themselves, and companies are accused by many scholars of leaving workers without social protection ( Fleming, 2017 ; van Doorn, 2017 ) and making them work under poor working conditions ( Moncef and Monnet Dupuy, 2021 ). This is the reason why an increasing number of workers would also prefer employment over entrepreneurship ( Regan and Christie, 2023 ). Both Ahsan (2020) and Çiğdem (2022) argue that, in reality, freedom and flexibility are only a myth or an illusion, since there is only a little freedom for the workers.…”

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Flexibility and freedom suit me better: food delivery couriers’ preferred employment status

Kervola,

Hyvönen,

Kallionpää

et al. 2024

Front. Sociol.

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This research examines food delivery couriers’ preferred employment status and factors explaining their opinions. Previous studies have used qualitative research methods and are unable to explain couriers’ general views on employment status. In this research, a survey of 1,539 Wolt couriers was carried out in Finland with logistic regression, cross-tabulation, and content analysis as analysis methods. The results show that 56% of the couriers wanted to work as self-employed and 25% as employed. The opinion was most strongly explained by valuing work-related freedom and flexibility, which were associated with the right to refuse delivery tasks offered and to choose the amount of work, working hours and delivery vehicle. The preference for self-employment was also increased by the duration of courier work, one’s own choice to work as a courier, and age. Freedom and flexibility are dependent on the sufficient availability of delivery tasks, posing challenges when the demand is low.

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