The explosive growth of online labor platforms in China creates both
opportunities and challenges to workers, as well as to the traditional
regulations of work-related injury insurance systems. This paper explores the
regulatory challenges posed by gig economy and why the platform workers’ health
and work safety cannot be insured. To solve this significant issue, this paper
discussesthe two
models of
pilot schemes conducted by several local governments, analyzing their
advantages and disadvantages.Using
this information, a proposal to design a brand-new occupational injury
insurance system in the Chinese contextwillfurther
be discussed.This
study will be a conceptual research paper based on the literature, legal textsanalysis and
interpretation, making a comparison horizontallyto analyze the solutions to enhance the occupational
protection of platform workers in China.
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