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2020 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

A Comparative Legal Study on the Legal Protection of Self-Employed Workers in the Sharing Economy

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 18K01291
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 05040:Social law-related
Research InstitutionOtaru University of Commerce

Principal Investigator

Kunitake Hideo  小樽商科大学, 商学部, 教授 (20453227)

Project Period (FY) 2018-04-01 – 2021-03-31
Keywords労働法の適用対象 / 労働者 / 自営的就労 / フリーランス / シェアリング・エコノミー
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The rapid progress of modern technology and AI, are changing the production rules on a global scale with significant impacts in every aspect of work. In order to cope with these changes, this study examines labor law regulations from the perspective of a comparative legal study. In general, it was clarified that the most important issue is to clarify the basic structure of labor contracts in order to develop legal regulations under labor law. This study also examined what kind of legal method is appropriate for determining the subject of application of labor law.

Free Research Field

労働法

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究では、わが国の労働契約と被用者概念の理論的基礎を探求すべく、イギリス法およびアメリカ法がそれぞれ雇用契約をどのような概念として把握し、労働法の適用対象を決定づけているのか、そして、労働市場や雇用システムの検討においていかなる者を法的対象として取り入れるべきかという視角から検討を行った。自営的就労の拡大が実態として進むなかで、本研究は理論的にも実務的にも重要な意義を有すると思われる。

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Published: 2022-01-27  

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