CONCEPT OF WORKING TIME IN PLATFORM WORK

Abstract

The labor law aims to protect the employee's health with the working periods and rest periods included in the organization of work, where the rules of public character are intense. To achieve this purpose, for example, weekly and daily working hours are limited by the legislator. These constraints are basically for persons covered by Turkish labor law and with employee status. However, although their legal status is controversial, platform workers perform for remuneration at certain hours of the week or day. Therefore, if a platform worker is accepted as an employee, she/he is evaluated within the scope of Turkish labor law, and the rules regarding the organization of work will be applied to her/him. However, the heterogeneity of online platforms, the different algorithms and business models of each platform, and the wide variety of tasks performed on the online platform can be challenging to calculate working periods. This article aims to contribute to calculating platform workers' working time.

Keywords

• Working Conditions
• Working Time
• Platform Work
• Platform Worker
• Flexibility

PLATFORM ÇALIŞMADA ÇALIŞMA SÜRESİ KAVRAMI

Abstract

Kamusal karaktere sahip kuralların yoğun olduğu ve iş hukukunun bir bölümünü oluşturan, işin düzenlenmesi içerisinde yer alan çalışma süreleri ve dinlenme süreleri ile işçinin sağlığının korunması amaçlanmaktadır. Bu amaca ulaşabilmek için örneğin haftalık ve günlük çalışma süreleri kanun koyucu tarafından sınırlandırılmıştır. Bu sınırlamalar ise temel olarak Türk İş Kanunu kapsamına giren ve işçi sıfatını haiz kişiler açısındandır. Ancak her ne kadar hukuki statüleri tartışmalı olsa da platform çalışanları bir ücret karşılığı, haftanın veya günün belirli saatleri iş görmektedir. Dolayısıyla platform çalışanları eğer işçi kabul edilecek olursa Türk iş Kanunu kapsamında değerlendirilecek ve işin düzenlenmesine ilişkin kurallar kendilerine uygulanacaktır. Ancak çevrimiçi platformların heterojen yapıda olması, çevrimiçi platformda yerine getirilen görevlerin çok çeşitli olması, her platformun algoritmasının ve iş modelinin farklı olması çalışma sürelerinin hesaplanmasını zorlaştırabilmektedir. Bu makale, platform çalışanlarının çalışma sürelerinin hesaplanmasına bir katkı sağlamayı amaçlamaktadır.

Keywords

• Çalışma Koşulları
• Çalışma Süresi
• Platform Çalışma
• Platform Çalışanı
• Esneklik

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