Elisabetta Gualmini (S&D, IT), rapporteur, and Dragoş Pîslaru (Renew, RO), Employment and Social Affairs Committee Chair will participate in the press conference.

When: Wednesday 13 December, 11.00 – 11.30 CET

Where: Daphne Caruana Galizia press conference room (WEISS N -1/201), European Parliament in Strasbourg.

How: Accredited media representatives can attend the press conference in person. Journalists wishing to ask questions remotely need to connect via Interactio.

The press conference will also be web streamed live and recorded on Parliament’s Multimedia Centre.

Background

European Commission analysis from 2021 found that there are more than 500 digital labour platforms active and the sector employs more than 28 million people – a figure expected to reach 43 million by 2025. Digital labour platforms are present in a variety of economic sectors, be it “on location”, such as ride-hailing and food delivery drivers, or online with services such as data encoding and…