The rise of digital platforms requires a deeper understanding of the structural role of algorithmic management in work environments. In this interdisciplinary study, we examine how digital platforms, which offer food delivery service, use a mobile application for management of their workforce....

There is a discursive phenomenon permeating current debates on digital platform work. Even authors who strongly advocate classifying digital platform work as “employment” rarely support an application of employment law in the strict sense. For the most part, relevant policy debates have...