The Platform Work Directive aims to ensure the correct classification of the employment status of people performing platform work and to introduce the first ever EU-rules on algorithmic management and the use of artificial intelligence in the workplace.

Employee or self-employed

Currently, at least 5.5 million persons performing platform work may be wrongly classified as self-employed (known as bogus self-employment) and are missing out on important labour and social protection rights.

The new rules introduce a presumption of an employment relationship that is triggered when two out of a list of five indicators of control or direction are present. This list can be expanded by member states. The presumption can be triggered by the worker, by their representatives, and by the competent authorities on their own initiative. This presumption can be rebutted if the platform proofs that the contractual relationship is not an employment relationship.

Transparency

Currently, persons performing…