Commercial platforms were once lauded as a facet of the sustainable ‘sharing economy’. Today, the short-termism associated with ‘gig work’ is widely condemned as an obstacle to sustainable development. This article begins by examining what is meant by ‘sustainability’, including how we might interpret and apply the Sustainable Development Goals adopted by the United Nations and endorsed by the International Labour Organization. The second substantive part of the article analyses contemporary practices associated with intermittent and insecure platform work which have been identified globally, with reference to longer term and inter-related economic, environmental and social effects. The third part reflects on how appreciation of these effects could shape a future reform agenda oriented towards sustainable development. It is argued that recognition of the desirability of sustainability could enhance the case for holistic legal reform, promoting collective solidarity and action across geographical and temporal borders, while traversing doctrinal boundaries, to make gig work (as we now know it) a thing of the past.

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零工工作是短期主义的表现：制定可持续的监管议程

商业平台曾被誉为可持续“共享经济”的一个方面。今天，与“零工”相关的短期主义被广泛谴责为可持续发展的障碍。本文首先研究“可持续性”的含义，包括我们如何解释和应用联合国通过并获得国际劳工组织认可的可持续发展目标。本文的第二个实质性部分分析了与间歇性和不安全平台工作相关的当代实践，这些实践已在全球范围内被确定，并参考了长期和相互关联的经济、环境和社会影响。第三部分反映了对这些影响的认识如何影响未来以可持续发展为导向的改革议程。