Some issues of regulating the activities of trade unions of persons employed through Internet platforms in the Russian Federation

Abstract

The article examines some of the issues that arise when determining the legal regulation of trade unions of persons employed through Internet platforms in the Russian Federation. The author notes that in the current conditions of the development of society and the state, the emergence of a category of precariously employed “workers”, who, by virtue of labor legislation, are not such, creates new challenges for the formation of a system for protecting their social and labor rights and interests. An analysis of Russian legislation has shown that de facto such persons can form traditional trade unions or other alternative trade unions to protect collective rights and interests. However, on the other hand, persons employed using Internet platforms cannot use all the instruments of labor law without being “employees”. For possible progress in solving this problem, the author proposes to amend the legislation of the Russian Federation on trade unions.