Lavoro digitale e subordinazione. Prime riflessioni.

In the essay, the Author, after having reconstructed – along the lines of the dichotomy apocalyptic vs integrated – the positions of the doctrine about the recent Gig economy phenomenon, points out the need to carefully distinguish the differences of these phenomena avoiding improper assimilation and simplification. Only in this way we can realize that some modern forms of digital work can be brought back to the area of subordinate work, provided that we understand the subordination as «double alienity» (of the work’s result and of the organization in which the employee is inserted). Then, the Author introduces some reflections about the relationship between digitalization and «traditional» work. The essay concludes about the possibility of protecting digital workers, modern as well as traditional, through anti-discrimination law and collective bargaining.