Koalitionsfreiheit und Crowdwork

»Freedom of Association and Crowdwork. On the Collectivisation of Interests of Self-Employed Crowdworkers without Employees«

Self-employed without employees, crowdworkers are excluded from the scope of classic labour law. As a means for inducing adequate working conditions for crowdworkers, the freedom of association (Art. 9 Abs. 3 GG) is considered and, though it does not provide them with the right to conclude collective agreements under the TVG, they can conclude collective agreements under the BGB and employ atypical industrial disputes without contradicting competition law or the European fundamental freedoms.