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Serf‐ing the Net: Contrasting Uber Workers in the United Kingdom With Uber Neo‐Villeins in Ontario

Geraint Harvey Orcid Logo, Naveena Prakasam Orcid Logo, Rey Shakirzhanov Orcid Logo

Industrial Relations Journal

Swansea University Authors: Naveena Prakasam Orcid Logo, Rey Shakirzhanov Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1111/irj.12471

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We illustrate the exploitation in the relationship between Uber and its drivers by aligning their work with the characteristics of neo-villeiny. Two different legal developments in response to irregulation (or the lack of effective regulation) in similar institutional contexts emerge. While Uber dri...

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Published in: Industrial Relations Journal
ISSN: 0019-8692 1468-2338
Published: Wiley 2025
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Abstract: We illustrate the exploitation in the relationship between Uber and its drivers by aligning their work with the characteristics of neo-villeiny. Two different legal developments in response to irregulation (or the lack of effective regulation) in similar institutional contexts emerge. While Uber drivers in the United Kingdom now have worker status, dysregulation (by which we mean regulation that exacerbates the problem it seeks to resolve) in Ontario has established neo-villeiny in law.
Keywords: digital platform; labour law; neo-villeiny; Ontario; Uber; UK
College: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

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