Innovation, Digital Platform Technologies and Employment: An Overview of Key Issues and Emerging Trends in South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorNaidoo, Karmen
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-21T09:11:11Z
dc.date.available2022-12-21T09:11:11Z
dc.date.issued2020-12
dc.departmentSouthern Centre for Inequality Studies (SCIS)
dc.description.abstractThis paper provides an analytical profile of the South African labour market, along with a descriptive overview of the nature and extent of digital platform labour in the country. The paper also discusses the conceptual links between different types of innovation and employment, before reflecting on the implications of new forms of digital labour relations on labour organization and regulation. The literature on South Africa’s digital platform labour is nascent. Some estimates suggest that there are about 135 000 platform workers in the country. There are, however, important concerns about the quality of platform work, and recent research suggests that many platforms do not provide workers with a living wage or decent working conditions. There are several challenges to regulating platform work, in part due to workers being classified as independent contractors. Despite this, there are new emerging forms of worker organization amongst precarious workers in South Africa that go beyond traditional trade unions to incorporate broader worker associations.
dc.description.librarianES2022
dc.description.sponsorshipSouthern Centre for Inequality Studies (SCIS)
dc.description.sponsorshipUniversity of the Witwatersrand
dc.facultyFaculty of Commerce, Law and Management
dc.identifier.citationNaidoo, K. 2020. Innovation, Digital Platform Technologies and Employment: An Overview of Key Issues and Emerging Trends in South Africa. Future of Work(ers) SCIS Working Paper Number 9. Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, Wits University.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10539/33905
dc.language.isoen
dc.orcid.id0000-0002-6997-7368
dc.publisherSouthern Centre for Inequality Studies (SCIS)
dc.publisherUniversity of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
dc.relation.ispartofseriesSCIS Working Paper; 9
dc.rights©2020 Southern Centre for Inequality Studies (SCIS)
dc.schoolSouthern Centre for Inequality Studies (SCIS)
dc.subjectFuture of workers
dc.subjectSouth African labour market
dc.subjectDigital platform labour
dc.subjectInnovation and employment
dc.subjectDigital labour relations
dc.subjectLabour organization and regulation
dc.titleInnovation, Digital Platform Technologies and Employment: An Overview of Key Issues and Emerging Trends in South Africa
dc.typeWorking Paper
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