Labour Law and the Gig Economy

Jo Carby-Hall is Professor of Law and Director of International Legal Research in the Centre for Legislative Studies at the University of Hull Lourdes Mella Mendez is Professor of Labour Law and Social Security at the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

List of Contributors

Foreword by Professor The Lord Norton of Louth. University of Hull/House of Lords

An introduction about the challenges posed by digitalisation of labour markets by Lourdes Mella Méndez. University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)

Part one. The impact of new technologies in the labour market

Chapter 1. The Taylor Review 2017-A Critical Appreciation on a Selection of its Legal Content

Jo Carby-Hall. University of Hull (United Kingdom)

Chapter 2. The 4th Industrial Revolution and its Impact on the Individual Employment Relationship: General Considerations and the Regulatory Context in Russia

Daria Chernyaeva. Higher School of Economics Moscow (Russia)

Chapter 3. Digitalisation vis-à-vis the Indian Labour Market: Pros and Cons

Durgambini A. Patel. Savitribai Phule Pune University (India)

Chapter 4. The Impact of New Technologies in the Current Labour Market of Selected Arab States

Alaa Eltamimi. Mansoura University (Egypt)

Chapter 5. Impacts of Social Networks in the Employment Environment. – From the Traditional Subjects to the Particular Case of Employment Non-Compete Clauses

Duarte Abrunhosa e Sousa. University of Porto (Portugal)

Chapter 6. Rebalancing Worker Rights and Property Rights in Digitalised Work

Julia Tomassetti. USA/City University of Hong Kong, School of Law (China)

Part two. The impact of new technologies in the employees’ private life

Chapter 7. Technological Innovation and its Impact on the Employment Contract: Special Reference to the Video Surveillance and the Intervention of Private Detectives

María Carmen López Aniorte, Francisco Miguel Ortiz González-Conde, Antonio Megías-Bas. University of Murcia (Spain)

Chapter 8. New Technologies and the Employee’s Right to Privacy

Arthur Rycak. Łazarski University (Poland)

Chapter 9. Work-life balance and Industry 4.0 in the Legal Framework of the European Union

Tania Ushakova. Belarusian State University (Minsk, Belarus)

Chapter 10. Digital Disconnection as a Limit to Corporate Control of Working Time

Sarai Rodríguez González. University of La Laguna (Spain)

Chapter 11. Right to Disconnect from the Workplace: Strengths and Weaknesses of the French Legal Framework

Lerouge Loïc. COMPTRASEC. CNRS-University of Bordeaux (France)

Part three. The impact of new technologies on the labour process

Chapter 12. The Digital Evidence in the Labour Process and the Fundamental Rights of the Employee

Lourdes Mella Méndez. University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)

Chapter 13. The Probative Value and Effectiveness of the Evidence Obtained Through E-mail and Messaging in the Control of the Workplace Activity

Francisca Mª Ferrando García, Mª Monserrate Rodríguez Egio, Antonio Megías-Bas. University of Murcia (Spain)