as the hightened attention to labour and employment law issues and proliferation of labour and employment law-oriented scholars. The Content · Changing patterns of work: implications for employment relationship · New forms of employment in a digital age· The protection of workers in new forms of employment · New forms of employment and challenges for the protection of collective labour rights of employees ¿ The Editors Jerzy Wratny a full professor of labour law, associated with the Institute of Law Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland. Agata Ludera-Ruszel a Ph. D. in labour law, an assistant professor in Department of Labour Law and Social Policy at the Institute of Law of the University of Rzeszow, Poland.