El empleo irregular tras la Ley Rider: ¿nueva regulación, idénticas estrategias empresariales?

Autores/as

  • Pablo Sanz de Miguel Notus
  • María Isabel Casas-Cortés Universidad de Zaragoza
  • Amaia Prieto Arratibel Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
  • Juan Arasanz Díaz Notus

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22325/fes/res.2023.177

Palabras clave:

Empleo irregular, reparto digital, Ley Rider, plataformas, precariedad

Resumen

La expansión de estructuras empresariales basadas en plataformas digitales ha suscitado preocupación debido a sus estrategias de huida de la laboralidad. El caso de España es relevante por haber sido el primer país en la Unión Europea que ha regulado la presunción de laboralidad de los repartidores, a través de la denominada Ley Rider. Este artículo contribuye a la literatura sobre la precariedad en la economía de plataformas explorando las principales manifestaciones del empleo irregular existentes en el sector del reparto digital español tras la aprobación de la Ley Rider, y sus efectos en las condiciones de trabajo. Metodológicamente, recurre a una aproximación cualitativa que combina el análisis documental con entrevistas a tres tipos de informantes. El artículo revela cómo las estrategias de adaptación de las empresas frente a la nueva regulación conforman una realidad marcada por la coexistencia de diversas manifestaciones del empleo irregular que tienden a acentuar la precariedad.

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Publicado

2023-05-20

Cómo citar

Sanz de Miguel, P., Casas-Cortés, M. I. ., Prieto Arratibel, A., & Arasanz Díaz, J. (2023). El empleo irregular tras la Ley Rider: ¿nueva regulación, idénticas estrategias empresariales?. Revista Española De Sociología, 32(3), a177. https://doi.org/10.22325/fes/res.2023.177