Challenges and Solutions for Occupational Injury Protection of Workers in New Forms of Employment

  • Yang Peng School of Politics and Public Administration, Guangxi Normal University, China
Keywords: workers in new forms of employment, occupational Injury, work injury insurance, social security

Abstract

With the rapid development of the digital economy, an increasing number of people have joined the ranks of workers in new forms of employment. However, the current work injury insurance system cannot cover this group, leaving them with weak resilience against risks when facing accidents. Platforms, as the employing entities, also shirk their responsibilities.Given the growing size of this workforce, urgent interim measures for occupational injury protection should be introduced to fulfil the role of work injury insurance. Subsequently, relevant laws and regulations should be gradually amended to decouple entitlement to work injury insurance benefits from the strict requirement of establishing a formal labor relationship.This would expand coverage to more workers, effectively transforming work injury insurance into a de facto occupational injury insurance scheme.

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Published
2025-07-07
How to Cite
Peng, Y. (2025, July 7). Challenges and Solutions for Occupational Injury Protection of Workers in New Forms of Employment. Humanities and Social Science Research, 8(4), p8. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.30560/hssr.v8n4p8
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