The Establishment of Labor-Management Balance Mechanism in China's Platform-Based Employment
With the development of new forms of employment, there is a serious violation of the legitimate rights and interests of workers in their employment, which fundamentally stems from the imbalance in labor-management distribution. Faced with new forms of employment, countries have made various efforts. In China, multiple departments have jointly issued the "Opinions" to protect the legitimate rights and interests of workers in new forms of employment such as online delivery riders, ride-hailing drivers, truck drivers, and internet marketers. It is recommended to change the traditional "binary" management model and establish specialized regulations for employment in new formats, actively facilitating their participation in labor unions, and leveraging the power of labor unions to safeguard their legitimate rights and interests. Additionally, companies should standardize their employment practices, bringing practitioners within the scope of labor law protection. Even in the presence of non-labor relationships, it should also break through the boundary of the equal subject of the traditional civil law and interests of practitioners as much as possible. Moreover, companies should establish a positive corporate culture centered around labor, actively foster harmonious labor relations, and achieve a balance in labor-management distribution.
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