Platform work, protection needs and the labour market in the labour law debate of recent years

The essay takes into consideration the results of the latest research by Labour Law scholars in the field of platform work and its protection needs. It is indeed ap- propriate to question whether it’s needed to address these issues, maintaining the tra- ditional categories and regulations or creating a specific regulatory area. Otherwise, another way could consist of a complete restructuring of the whole regulatory system or at least of some legal institutions which historically represent a fundamental part of it, such as the Social Security schemes. The debate remains open, and opinions from scholars worldwide provide attractive clues for its continuation.