Dr Bartłomiej Bednarowicz is a Researcher at the Government and Law Research Group at the Faculty of Law of the University of Antwerp

He is a law graduate from the University of Lodz (Poland), where he obtained a master of laws diploma with the highest final grade being very good (2015). He also possesses a postgraduate diploma in the International and European Legal Studies Programme (IELSP) from the University of Antwerp (2013), for which he was awarded the first-class result on top of magna cum laude distinction. He was also the President of the European Law Students’ Association at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Lodz (2014/2015). He wrote his master’s thesis in the field of EU Competition Law on the topic of Private Enforcement of EU Competition Law, for which he received an excellent result. He is also an awardee of various scholarships for his outstanding academic achievements (University of Lodz and Mayor of Lodz).

His field of research at the University of Antwerp focuses on the non-standard forms of work and digitalisation of labour in the so-called gig economy within the legal framework of European Union employment, equality and internal market law. He wrote and defended his PhD thesis entitled Platform-mediated work in the gig economy through the lens of the EU social acquis (2019) under the supervision of prof. dr. Herwig Verschueren and prof. dr. Daniël Cuypers. He also served as a teaching assistant for a class on Legal Issues of International Employment and was engaged in an Erasmus + Project 'SENSE’ on the applicability of laws in EU cross-border road transport sector. In 2019-2020, he was stagiaire at the European Commission, Directorate-General Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion (Working Conditions Unit).

He is currently engaged as Labour Mobility Officer at the European Labour Authority.

Workers’ rights in the gig economy : is the new EU Directive on transparent and predictable working conditions in the EU really a boost?

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EU law analysis blog – (2019.04.24)

Adapt or perish : recent developments on social protection in the EU under a gig deal of pressure

Aranguiz Ane, Bednarowicz Bartłomiej

European Labour Law Journal – ISSN 2399-5556 – 9:4(2018), p. 329-345

’Uberyzacja zatrudnienia’ – praca w gospodarce współdziałania w świetle prawa UE

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Monitor prawa pracy ISSN 1731-8165 – 2(2018), p. 13-19

Lang Leve Uber: arbeid in de gig-economie in het licht van het Europees Unierecht

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Journal des tribunaux du travail – ISSN 0778-9009 – 1301:7(2018), p. 97-101

ECJ Court Watch – Rulings: ECJ 20 December 2017, Case C-434/15 (Uber Spain): The devil of Uber and the like, lies in the details

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European employment law cases – ISSN 1877-9107 – 1(2018), p. 74-76

Uber’s work status appeal rejected (UK) – Comments from other jurisdictions (Belgium): another big step in the right direction: We won’t get fooled again

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European employment law cases – ISSN 1877-9107 – 1(2018), p. 43

Uber drivers found to be workers (UK) – Comment from an EU/academic perspective

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European employment law cases – ISSN 2468-4503 – 1(2017), p. 40-40