Seminar: Work in the Platform Economy

Organised with Kalevi Sorsa -säätiö The seminar was organised on 26 April 2018. You can […]

21/06/2018

Organised with Kalevi Sorsa -säätiö

The seminar was organised on 26 April 2018. You can find the presentations and videos of the seminar below.

Vili Lehdonvirta: Platform work now and in the future [pdf]Ursula Huws:Worker rights and social protection of workers in the platform economy[pdf]

 

Jari Konttinen, Senior Adviser (Service Sector Employers Palta)

Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Member of European Parliament (S&D)

Timo Lindholm, Senior Specialist (Ministry of Employment and the Economy)

Annika Rönni-Sällinen, Director (The Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions SAK)

Moderator: Maija Mattila, Project Researcher (Kalevi Sorsa Foundation)

 

 

 

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