ABSTRACT
The gig economy describes a business model, usually three- sided, in which individuals complete by accessing applications and/or websites to find and perform short-term jobs. The gig economy is classified under two subheadings as on-demand work and online work, both due to the nature of the work and limitation of the place where the work is carried out. It is known that the employment relationship that occurs in the gig economy does not produce equal results. The main reason of many problems is that the platforms classify themselves as intermediaries that bring supply and demand together, and workers as independent contractors. Moreover, the rapid and unregulated growth of the gig economy makes it necessary to examine the issue. In this direction, first of all, the concept of gig economy is explained in the study, the discussions about the concept and the transformation it creates in employment relations are included. Secondly, the gig economy is evaluated together with precarious employment. Then, Uber, which is taken part in the gig economy and provides services in the field of personal passenger transportation, is examined. In this context, the positive and negative aspects of Uber in working life are tried to be revealed, employment relations, legal struggles of Uber drivers for the classification problem, unionization attempts and strike pratices are examined in detail
Keywords : Gig economy, Uber, insecurity, precarious employment, algorithm, technology
