Subordination Theory in Practice: An Empirical Analysis of Chinese Courts’ Approaches to Classifying Labour Relationships in Platform Cases

IF 1 4区 社会学 Q3 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & LABOR
Qi Zheng, Jianning Su
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Abstract

Determining the juridical nature of the work relationship is key to understanding the capacity of labour law to protect the rights and interests of gig workers. How to apply the traditional ‘subordination’ test and its constituent elements to platform work remains controversial in both theory and practice. In this article we examine the approaches of courts to this question using a sample of 71 Chinese judgments. We construct a binary probit model to conduct an empirical test of the degree of correlation between eight factors which serve to identify protected worker status, on the one hand, and courts’ rulings on the presence or absence of subordination, on the other. We find that, among the factors relevant to the subordination test, ‘control’ and ‘integration’ strongly predict a finding of worker status. We conclude that the subordination test is still being widely used to determine the status of gig workers in China, and that an approach to classification based on the ‘primacy of the facts’ of the case continues to be feasible in the context of platform work.
从属理论在实践中的运用:中国法院对平台案件中劳动关系分类方法的实证分析
确定工作关系的法律性质是理解劳动法保护零工工人权益的能力的关键。如何将传统的“隶属性”检验及其构成要素应用到平台工作中,在理论和实践上都存在争议。在本文中,我们以71份中国判决为样本,考察了法院处理这一问题的方法。我们构建了一个二元概率模型,对八个因素之间的相关程度进行实证检验,这些因素一方面用于确定受保护的工人地位,另一方面用于确定法院对是否存在从属关系的裁决。我们发现,在与下属测试相关的因素中,“控制”和“整合”强烈地预测了工人地位的发现。我们的结论是,在中国,从属测试仍然被广泛用于确定零工工人的地位,并且基于案例的“事实首要性”的分类方法在平台工作的背景下仍然是可行的。
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期刊介绍: Industrial Law Journal is established as the leading periodical in its field, providing comment and in-depth analysis on a wide range of topics relating to employment law. It is essential reading for practising lawyers, academics, and lay industrial relations experts to keep abreast of newly enacted legislation and proposals for law reform. In addition Industrial Law Journal carries commentary on relevant government publications and reviews of books relating to labour law.
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