Crowd Employment - as an Innovative Form of Employment
Crowd Employment - as an Innovative Form of Employment

Author(s): Mihaela-Emilia Marica
Subject(s): Law on Economics
Published by: Societatea de Stiinte Juridice si Administrative
Keywords: crowd employment; new forms of work; crowd workers; employment forms; self-employment;
Summary/Abstract: The current legal framework regarding individual employment relations is generally based on the proliferation of non-standard forms of employment, which meet the need for flexibility in the labor market. The economic and financial crisis has resulted in a significant increase in number of workers looking for alternative forms of employment. Similarly, as companies face an unpredictable business environment, they began to rely more on innovative forms of employment. Actually, by using more flexible workforce the companies have better adjusted to the demands of today`s marketplaces. Although there are many new employment forms which are emerging across EU, the concept of crowd employment has an important potential for development in the context of opportunities offered by the new technologies. In Romania, it is still relatively little known, whereas in the companies operating on the European market it is a common solution to the problems generated by the need for flexibility. The present paper emphasizes the particular features of the crowd employment as an innovative form of employment with an explosive growth in the current context. Based on a comparative law analysis conducted in order to reveal various perspectives of the European Union’s Member States, this paper highlights the degree of utility-precariousness of crowd employment, in the event of its implementation into Romanian labour practice.

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