Modern Social Science Research

In recent years, Chinas platform economy has experienced rapid growth, leading to a continuous expansion in the scale of workers engaged in new employment forms. The lack of unemployment insurance protection for these workers has emerged as a prominent issue within the field of social law. The current unemployment insurance system, constructed upon the foundation of traditional labor relations, struggles to adapt to the characteristic features of new employment forms, such as "weaker subordination" and a "decentralized organizational structure. "This article reveals the objective existence of unemployment risks faced by workers in new employment forms. It analyzes the contributing factors from four key perspectives: (1) the current systems inherent linkage to traditional labor relations, (2) its fundamental incompatibility with the nature of new employment forms, (3) insufficient government regulatory oversight, and (4) low enrollment willingness among the workers themselves. Utilizing the theory of equal social security rights and the theory of risk society, the article demonstrates the legitimacy of integrating workers in new employment forms into the unemployment insurance framework. Finally, it proposes specific framework proposals addressing aspects such as enrollment mechanisms, contribution base calculations, benefit eligibility criteria, the responsibilities of platform enterprises, and necessary information technology safeguards.

New employment form workers; Unemployment insurance system; Labor relations