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'Uber Economy': Employee, Self-Employed or a Need of a Special Employment Regulation?

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The Digital era has changed industrial relationships dramatically. This has caused a considerable legal uncertainty about which rules apply to cyberspace. Technology is transforming business organization in a way that makes employees -- as subordinate work -- less necessary. A new type of companies "on demand economy" "sharing economy" -- dedicated to connecting customers directly with individual service providers are emerging. Thus, these companies develop their core business completely through workers classified as self-employed. In this context, employment law is facing its greatest challenge, dealing with a very different reality compared to the one existing when it was created. This paper analyse literature available about classification of this new type of workers as employee or self-employed, arising with the conclusion that a new special labour regulation is needed. This paper describes and justify the bases for the new special labour regulation needed.