From precarity to the denial of social status in the Belgian legal order
The social security rights of platform workers in question
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9971309 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Céline Wattecamps (Université catholique de Louvain Belgium, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 74 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 13-38 |
| Publication date | 2021-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Social Security Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-871X • E-ISSN: 1468-246X |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/issr.12276 |
| OpenAlex | W3210514700 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 8 |
The right to social security is enshrined in article 23 of the Belgian Constitution. It is the role of the legislator to implement it, to guarantee the right of all to lead a life in accordance with human dignity. Studies show that platform workers face major difficulties in terms of social protection. The aim of this article is to highlight the limits of existing legislative provisions regarding their ability to implement the fundamental right to social security for platform workers. With regard to these legislative provisions, we are interested in both the general regulations that shape the Belgian social security system and the recent measures adopted by the Belgian legislator with regard to the so‐called sharing economy. An analysis of these provisions reveals that a number of platform workers are excluded from social security, both de facto and de jure. At the very least, this raises the question of whether the Belgian legislator is complying with the positive obligation to fulfil the constitutional right to social security for platform workers, and the negative obligation, at least, not to undermine it
Business · Constitution · Denial · Dignity · Fundamental rights · Human rights · Law and economics · Legislation · Legislator · Legislature · Obligation · Order (exchange · Political science · Politics · Precarity · Social order · Social rights · Social security · Sociology · Digital Economy and Work Transformation · Employment and Welfare Studies · Law · Sharing Economy and Platforms
| Citations per year | 2 |
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| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |