El sector informal y discusiones sobre la regulación del trabajo en plataformas digitales en el Ecuador 2020 2021

Abstract

Abstract: The operational reality of work on digital platforms has features of precariousness, thus causing various protests by delivery drivers not only in the international context but also at the local level. It should be noted that digital platform workers do not They have rights to social security, to receive a fair payment or to associate collectively, which which falls into the characteristics of informal employment. Due to this problem, this The objective of the research was to analyze the relationship between work in the informal sector and digital platforms in Ecuador in the period 2020-2021, through a type study correlational, taking as an analysis sample the percentage of employment in the sector informal and some indicators of electronic commerce. At the end of the investigation, observes that there is a positive correlation greater than 0.70 between the digital platforms of delivery and work in the informal sector, unlike transport platforms, where The relationship turned out to be moderate and in another case not statistically significant.