How undocumented migrants find work as substitute couriers in the UK on BBC 4 - You and Yours

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Coverage from the BBC4 programme 'You and Yours' on my research of undocumented food delivery couriers and what are the implications for the wider society. 

The research examines the process of informalization of work in platform food delivery work in the UK. Drawing on qualitative data, this article provides new analytical insight into what drives individual formal couriers to both supply and demand informalized sub-contracted gig work to undocumented migrants, and how a platform company enables informal work practices through permissive HR practices and technology. In doing so, this article shows how platform companies are enablers of informal labor markets and contribute to the expansion of hyper-precarious working conditions.