The Cambridge Handbook of Technological Disruption in Labour and Employment Law

Offers a wide international overview of how technological disruption reshapes the legal organisation of work and employment relations.

Whether through gig work, platforms such as Uber or remote work, technology is reshaping the very fabric of employment relations. This book is the first comprehensive international overview of how international institutions, countries, and legal systems, are responding to the technological disruption of the world of work.Whether through gig work, remote work, or platforms such as Uber, new technologies are reshaping the very fabric of employment relations. This handbook offers a comprehensive, international overview of how institutions, countries, and legal systems are responding to the technological disruption of the work world. Chapters outline the reform agendas driven by the International Labour Organization and the European Union and detail the public policy debates, litigation, and legal reforms that technological innovation has triggered around the world. This volume provides a post-pandemic assessment of how digitalization is affecting employment and employment relations and contextualizes current technological disruption with a long-term view of how labour and employment law could evolve further.