DOMESTIC WORK MEDIATED BY PLATFORMS: NEW PATHS FOR EXPLOITATION?

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DOMESTIC WORK MEDIATED BY PLATFORMS: NEW PATHS FOR EXPLOITATION?

Rita Daila Costa

Abstract [It]: il saggio si propone di affrontare le principali sfide poste dalla proliferazione del lavoro su piattaforma nel settore della cura domestica, tenendo conto del legame tra lavoro su piattaforma e sfruttamento lavorativo e dei suoi possibili riflessi nella crescente “uberizzazione” delle relazioni di lavoro domestico.

Abstract [En]: the paper aims to address the main challenges posed by the proliferation of platform work in domestic care by examining the link between platform work and exploitation and its possible development in increasingly “uberised” domestic working relationships.

Summary: 1. Introduction. Platform work beyond food delivery: the spread in domestic care; 2. Platforms and working conditions: old and new forms of exploitation; 3. Domestic work, commodification of care and working conditions; 4. The “uberisation” of care and the difficult protection of domestic workers; 5. Domestic work and platforms. Regularisation of a difficult sector or a new path for exploitation?