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Written by Marketa Pape (5th edition, updated on 20.03.2024).
On 11 March 2024, employment and social affairs ministers from the EU Member States endorsed the agreement reached with the European Parliament in February 2024 on the platform work directive. The directive introduces the presumption of employment – to be applied following national rules – as well as the first EU rules to regulate algorithmic management in the workplace.
Platform work is an umbrella concept covering a heterogeneous group of economic activities completed through a digital platform. Platform workers’ rights are not enshrined in EU labour law and this is increasingly leading to problems relating to various aspects of their work and human development. To remedy this situation, the European Commission submitted a proposal for a directive aimed at improving the working conditions of platform workers, clarifying their employment status, and establishing the first EU rules for the use of artificial intelligence in the workplace.
Versions
- March 2024: Improving the working conditions of platform workers (5th edition)
| Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on improving working conditions in platform work |
| Committee responsible: | Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL) | COM(2021) 762 09.12.2021. |
| Rapporteur: | Elisabetta Gualmini (S&D, Italy) | 2021/0414(COD) |
| Shadow rapporteurs: | Dennis Radtke (EPP, Germany) Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová (Renew, Slovakia) Kim van Sparrentak (Greens/EFA, the Netherlands) Elena Lizzi (ID, Italy) Anna Zalewska (ECR, Poland) Leila Chaibi (The Left, France) | Ordinary legislative procedure (COD) (Parliament and Council on equal footing – formerly ‘co-decision’) |
| Next steps expected: Plenary vote on political agreement |
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