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To examine the ambiguities and absences surrounding freelance work within economic geography and identify why this growing non-standard labour sector remains poorly measured, regulated, and conceptualized.

July 27, 2021Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

Accounting for Absences and Ambiguities in the Freelancing Labour Relation

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NWNancy Worth EKEsra Alkim Karaagac

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Case study reveals measurement ambiguities and regulatory gaps in non-standard freelancing labour, highlighting that current policies fail to protect independent workers.

Key Points

To examine the ambiguities and absences surrounding freelance work within economic geography and identify why this growing non-standard labour sector remains poorly measured, regulated, and conceptualized.
Conducted a critical case study of Canadian labour data, examining conflicting statistical classifications used to measure freelancing.
Evaluated legislative, organizational, and policy frameworks governing freelance work to assess their reliance on standard employment norms.
Analyzed qualitative conceptualizations of freelancer identity regarding perceived flexibility and operational constraints.
Statistical metrics rely on disparate, overlapping definitions that fail to accurately capture the scale and contours of freelance employment.
Labour legislation and social safety protections predominantly presume standard employment relationships, leaving freelance workers largely unprotected.
Freelance identity involves an unresolved tension between individual autonomy and systemic market constraints.

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Worth et al. (2021) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69dc1dcfea70a37eff95511f https://doi.org/10.1111/tesg.12491

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July 27, 2021Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

Accounting for Absences and Ambiguities in the Freelancing Labour Relation

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NWNancy Worth EKEsra Alkim Karaagac

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Overview

Case study reveals measurement ambiguities and regulatory gaps in non-standard freelancing labour, highlighting that current policies fail to protect independent workers.

Key Points

To examine the ambiguities and absences surrounding freelance work within economic geography and identify why this growing non-standard labour sector remains poorly measured, regulated, and conceptualized.
Conducted a critical case study of Canadian labour data, examining conflicting statistical classifications used to measure freelancing.
Evaluated legislative, organizational, and policy frameworks governing freelance work to assess their reliance on standard employment norms.
Analyzed qualitative conceptualizations of freelancer identity regarding perceived flexibility and operational constraints.
Statistical metrics rely on disparate, overlapping definitions that fail to accurately capture the scale and contours of freelance employment.
Labour legislation and social safety protections predominantly presume standard employment relationships, leaving freelance workers largely unprotected.
Freelance identity involves an unresolved tension between individual autonomy and systemic market constraints.

Cite This Study

Worth et al. (2021) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69dc1dcfea70a37eff95511f https://doi.org/10.1111/tesg.12491

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