Conclusion
Abstract
This book set out to tackle a fundamental and increasingly urgent challenge at the intersection of EU labour, social, and competition law: the classification of working individuals in an era of digitalisation, platformisation, and labour market fragmentation. Throughout its chapters, it traced the evolution of the ‘worker’ concept under EU law, unpacked the limitations of the Lawrie-Blum ‘subordination’ paradigm as well as other paradigms that have been suggested in the literature, and proposed a doctrinally grounded alternative – the ‘integration’ framework – derived from EU competition law’s treatment of agency relationships.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Legal and Labor Studies
Labor Law and Work Dynamics
Digital Economy and Work Transformation
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Routledge eBooks
- Pages
- 239–243
- Publication date
- 5 March 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter