This report explores occupational and safety (OSH) risks and work environment challenges associated with digitalization and non-standard forms of employment in the Nordic countries. The chapters analyse how new technologies and work arrangement can both create new and exacerbate existing work environment challenges based on reviews of existing research literature and empirical case studies of platform-mediated gig work in the Nordic countries. They highlight a number of OSH risks and work environment challenges, emerging from the interaction between new technologies and how they are implemented, workers’ forms of employment, and labour process– and industry-specific features. The report advances the empirical knowledge about digitalization, employment status and OSH in the Nordic countries, and concludes by developing a risk factor framework that identifies seven risk factors.
Authors
Bråten, Mona, Stenseth Huseby, Johanne, Jesnes, Kristin, Oppegaard, Sigurd M. N., Rasmussen, Stine, Seppänen, Laura, Thorbjørnsen, Sondre
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.6027/temanord2024-531
- ISBN
- 978-92-893-8017-1 (electronic) 978-92-893-8018-8 (electronic)
- OAI
- oai:DiVA.org:norden-13268
- Pages
- 129
- Published in
- Copenhagen: Nordisk Ministerråd
- Responsible organisation
- Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordic Council of Ministers Secretariat
- URN
- urn:nbn:se:norden:org:diva-13268
- Year
- 2024
- pages
- 129
Table of Contents
- The Working Environment of the Future 2
- Digitalization and OSH Challenges in the Nordics 2
- Sigurd M. N. Oppegaard Ed. 2
- Mona Bråten 2
- Johanne Stenseth Huseby 2
- Kristin Jesnes 2
- Stine Rasmussen Laura Seppänen 2
- Sondre Thorbjørnsen 2
- Contents 3
- Summary 5
- Chapter 1 Introduction 8
- 1.1 Structure of the report 9
- 1.2 Remarks on the road ahead 12
- Bibliography 14
- Chapter 2 Theoretical background Risks and working environment challenges in digitalized work arrangements across different forms of employment 17
- 2.1 Introduction 17
- 2.2 Conceptualizing and regulating occupational safety and health 17
- 2.3 Digitalized work arrangements and non-standard forms of employment 20
- 2.4 Conclusion 28
- Bibliography 29
- Chapter 3 A stubborn stain Occupational safety and health on cleaning platforms in Norway 37
- 3.1 Introduction 37
- 3.2 The Norwegian cleaning industry 38
- 3.3 Methodology 42
- 3.4 Digital platforms in the cleaning industry emergence and extent 44
- 3.5 Analysis Platform work in the Norwegian cleaning industry 47
- 3.6 Concluding discussion 54
- Bibliography 56
- Chapter 4 Is the helper always happy Platform- based domestic cleaning in Denmark 58
- 4.1 Introduction 58
- 4.2 The context the Danish cleaning industry 58
- 4.3 The case Happy Helper 61
- 4.4 Methods 62
- 4.5 Analysis 63
- 4.6 Conclusion 70
- Bibliography 72
- Chapter 5 The bitter aftertaste of app-based food delivery 74
- 5.1 Introduction 74
- 5.2 Theoretical framework 75
- 5.3 Methods 76
- 5.4 Cases Foodora Wolt and Just Eat 79
- 5.5 Analysis 83
- 5.6 Conclusion 92
- Bibliography 94
- Chapter 6 Transparency and platform workers autonomy 96
- 6.1 Introduction 96
- 6.2 Autonomy and transparency 97
- 6.3 Delivery platform 100
- 6.4 Transparency autonomy and agency in courier work 101
- 6.5 Discussion and conclusion 104
- Bibliography 107
- Chapter 7 Conclusion A risk factor framework for OSH digitalization and forms of employment 111
- 7.1 Introduction 111
- 7.2 Linking OSH technology and forms of employment risk factors 112
- 7.3 The risk factor framework 113
- 7.4 Concluding remarks 120
- Bibliography 123
- About this publication 128
- The Working Environment of the Future 128
