Regulation of digital platform work in Costa Rica: an analysis of legislative action and judicial rulings (2023-2024)

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15517/amqy3451

Keywords:

digital platforms, digitalization, labour law, labour standards, government plicy

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the scope of current labor legislation and court rulings on labor protection and work regulation in large-scale technological platforms for transportation and delivery services, with Uber and DiDi serving as emblematic cases, in the period of 2023-2024. Through a rigorous documentary analysis, the study reveals the clear shortcomings in the development of public policies aimed at ensuring legal protection for platform workers, who face conditions of labor precariousness amid the complacent inaction of the State and its institutions. 

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Author Biography

  • Fernando José Méndez-Castellanos, Universidad Nacional, Heredia, Costa Rica.

    Costa Rican-Salvadoran. Undergraduate student at the School of Sociology, National University of Costa Rica. Currently a research assistant with the Program for Analysis of Current Events in Costa Rican Society. Has published articles in journals such as "Deterioration of Democratic Institutions and Conflict Between the Powers of the Republic of Costa Rica in the Administration of Rodrigo Chaves Robles" (2024). Areas of interest include democracy, public policy, institutional frameworks, human rights, labor, and the digital economy.

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2025-12-15

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No. 189 (2025): Mobilities, belonging and territory (July-September, 2025)

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Regulation of digital platform work in Costa Rica: an analysis of legislative action and judicial rulings (2023-2024). (2025). Revista De Ciencias Sociales, 189, 99-115. https://doi.org/10.15517/amqy3451

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