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Professor Adrián Todolí will be one of the eight experts at the meeting of the International Labour Organisation (ILO)

  • October 6th, 2022
Adrián Todolí

Adrián Todolí, professor of the Department of Labour and Social Security Law of the Universitat de València (UV), will be part of the group of States in the International Labour Organisation (ILO) committee on workers on platforms.

This international meeting of experts on decent work in the platform economies will be held in Geneva (Switzerland) from 10 to 14 October. This form of digital work, which is based on crowdwork (collaborative work) and channels tasks through mobile applications by means of open calls to a geographically dispersed crowd, has been one of the biggest revolutions in the world of work in recent years.

In order to study digital labour platforms and understand their impact, the International Labour Organisation organises meetings between experts at an international level to share their research on the subject. 

The committee is organised into three groups composed by eight profiles each: independent experts, experts from the business sector and experts from trade unions. Todolí will be the only Spaniard in the first group, which also includes experts from China, Japan, the Czech Republic, Mexico, the United States, Tunisia and Brazil.

“Inclusion is a recognition of the research work being carried out at the University of Valencia with the support of LABORA and LasNaves on the regulation of work on digital platforms and algorithmic management of workers”, explains Professor Todolí. “It is a source of pride to be able to contribute the knowledge generated at the UV to be useful worldwide through such a prestigious international organisation as the ILO”, adds the researcher. 

The meeting will analyse the types of platforms covered by the term ‘platform economy’, in which sectors they operate and what is the profile of the companies and workers involved, as well as their working conditions, freedom of association and right to collective bargaining. It will also address what opportunities and challenges the platform economy creates in terms of job creation, and identify what challenges the ILO needs to tackle to help make decent work a reality in the platform economy.