Press release - Parliament adopts Platform Work Directive

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The directive obliges EU countries to establish a rebuttable legal presumption of employment at national level, aiming to correct the imbalance of power between the digital labour platform and the person performing platform work.

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European Parliament

URL:

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20240419IPR20584/

Retrieved on:

Thursday, April 25, 2024

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Tags:

Employment, Conference, Algorithm, Digital, Background, Official Journal, Parliament, Council, European Commission, Workplace, Legislation, Person, Cryptocurrency

Geotags:

EU, EUROPE

People:

Elisabetta Gualmini

Summary

Key Points:

The directive obliges EU countries to establish a rebuttable legal presumption of employment at national level, aiming to correct the imbalance of power between the digital labour platform and the person performing platform work.
The burden of proof lies with the platform, meaning that it is up to the platform to prove that there is no employment relationship.
Instead, digital labour platforms must ensure human oversight on important decisions that directly affect the persons performing platform work.
Transparency and data protection
The directive introduces rules that protect platform workers’ data more robustly.