6 Institutional Development for Platform Work and Associated Conflicts Institutional Development for Platform Work and Associated Conflicts Social Dialogue on Platform Work Amidst the changing industrial structure and technological advancements, the increase in various types of employment resulted in numerous research projects and accelerated the discussions regarding relevant institutions and policies. As for the tripartite dialogue, it has not been well executed compared to the on-going discussions concerning unionization or legal matters. Nevertheless, such increase in discussions shows how people do recognize that the platform work related problems may bring about considerable changes and have impacts to the economy and society as a whole. For the past two years, many discussions were carried out by the central and local governments, committees under the government, and amongst the various tripartite stakeholders. In particular, the Economic, Social and Labor Council(ESLC) ran a committee from July 2018 to December 2020 to oversee the matters related to digital platform work, and announced the tripartite agreement on three occasions(the Basic Agreement, the use of standard contracts for IT and SW, and the coverage of industrial accident compensation insurance for delivery workers). 8 Furthermore, on September 8, 2020, the Delivery Sub-Committee announced the Tripartite Agreement for Addressing the Types of Work Not Covered by the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance. Moving forward, the Platform Industry Committee will be set up in 2022 to deal with issues like vocational education and training, conflict prevention and arbitration. [Table 3] Major Types of Governance Mechanism on Platform Work in Korea(2017-2021) Governance Type Digital Transformation and Future of Work Committee (1) Delivery Sub­ESLC Committee (1) Characteristics Drafts agenda Solves problems Committee (2) Platform Industry Drafts agenda J obs Committee’s Platform Work Task Force (1) The 4 th Industrial Revolution Committee’s Delivery Worker Safety Net Task Force (1) Prepares policies Prepares policies Main Agenda Everything related to digital platform work; IT/SW workforce brokerage platform Coverage of industrial accident insurance for delivery workers Vocational education and training; prevention and resolution of conflicts Statistical studies; social insurances, etc. Two wheeler insurance premium reduction for delivery workers Participants Conventional tripartite parties Delivery service stakeholders; conventional tripartite parties Platform industry stakeholders Platform companies and experts on platform work; government agencies Related companies and experts; government agencies Discussion Results Proposal; agreement Agreement Launched in June 2021 Reports on discussion results Reports on discussion results 8 The three platform work related agreements announced by the Economic, Social and Labor Council is as follows: The basic agreement on the tripartite perception towards digital transformation and policy tasks(Feb 18, 2020); the tripartite agreement on revitalizing the IT and SW related platform economy and supporting the platform workers(May 27, 2020); the tripartite agreement on addressing the issue of delivery workers who are not covered by the industrial accident compensation insurance(Sep 8, 2020) As for the“parcel delivery drivers,” who are classified as persons in special types of employment in Korea, the Ministry of Employment and Labor, the Korea Integrated Logistics Association(KILA), four logistics companies and the trade unions jointly agreed on measures to prevent overwork deaths at the first(Jan 21, 2021) and second(June 22, 2021) social dialogue meetings. Digital Platform Work in South Korea