Fair work on platforms – REITA

Objectives
Platform work creates flexibility and expands the markets of performers and buyers of work but also entails risks and weaknesses. By looking into how fairness is built, REITA’s goal is to investigate how the negative effects of platform work can be reduced without losing the benefits of the platform economy. In this research project, fairness refers to, among other things, responsibility, transparency, learning opportunities and the fair distribution of benefits. Fairness is linked to workers’ health, well-being and working careers and is important for the development of the platform economy and the welfare society.
Project execution
- In the first phase of the REITA project, the operating models of platform companies operating in Finland are charted.
- An analysis of how fairness is built is conducted in both these operating models and in the experiences of platform workers using qualitative interviews as a research tool.
- The project gathers together a network of parties interested in the fairness of platform work. The network will plan and assess practices and rules for promoting fairness.
Operational models of employment service platforms and their fairness
Jere Immonen's doctoral dissertation concerns the operational models of platform companies offering employment services and how fairness is built in them. The dissertation is a key part of the REITA project. Learn more about the dissertation project by reading the research plan.
Our experts

Laura Seppänen
Project manager, research manager
Research group
Laura Seppänen, Tuomo Alasoini, Jere Immonen, Marja Känsälä
Funding
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health