Platform economy database
Database of initiatives and court cases in the EU
Eurofound’s platform economy database provides information on 385 initiatives and court cases that exist or have been implemented in relation to activities in the platform economy. The database was last updated in February 2024 and provides metadata for each entry, such as geographical scope, year, type of initiative, actors involved, sector and companies concerned. Initiatives include legal instruments such as legislative changes or court decisions, as well as voluntary interventions undertaken by different stakeholders to address issues around platform work.
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The database currently contains 385 entries and was last updated in February 2024.
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20 November 2023 | Court of Palermo rules that the selection of riders employed by Foodinho is discriminatory
Court ruling | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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26 June 2023 | The Social Court in Barcelona, Spain, rules Clintu Online and the workers are in an employment relationship
Court ruling | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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20 June 2023 | Italian Court rules Glovo must disclose AI logic and mechanism for assigning deliveries to riders
Court ruling | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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31 May 2023 | Karshan v Revenue Commissioners
Court ruling | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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3 April 2023 | Portugal enters new legal framework for Decent Work Agenda into Labour Code
Initiative | No platform work typology |
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31 March 2022 | Transposition of the Directive on predictable and transparent working conditions in the EU
Initiative | No platform work typology |
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10 August 2021 | Revision of the legal framework for platform workers
Initiative | No platform work typology |
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12 May 2021 | Riders’ law
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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22 January 2021 | Collective agreement Italian logistics sector
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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12 January 2021 | New blow to the model of delivery cyclists: Social Security wins its biggest macro-judgment against Deliveroo
Court ruling | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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1 December 2020 | So-called crowdworkers can be employees
Court ruling | No platform work typology |
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11 July 2019 | Online platform Helpling is not allowed to charge any commission to cleaners
Court ruling | On-location client-determined moderately skilled work |
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11 June 2019 | GCJ case - SJSO 2253/2019
Court ruling | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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10 June 2019 | GCJ case - SJSO 2892/2019
Court ruling | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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28 November 2018 | Court of Cassation, civil, Social Chamber, November 28, 2018, 17-20.079 (Cour de cassation, civile, Chambre sociale, 28 novembre 2018, 17-20.079)
Court ruling | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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21 January 2018 | Riders x Derechos (Riders for Rights)
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
The platform economy is one of those moving targets, which, despite receiving increasing media and policy attention, has proven difficult to regulate. Given the heterogeneity of employment relationships, business models, types of platform work and cross-border issues, this is not surprising.
Technological change is accelerating as the capacity of electronic devices to digitally store, process and communicate information expands. Digitalisation is transforming the EU economy and labour markets: nearly one-third of EU workplaces are categorised as highly digitalised. What are the implications of the digital revolution for employment and work?
The rapid rise of the platform economy has led to a marked transformation of European labour markets, and existing regulatory frameworks and voluntary initiatives have yet to catch up. While platform work offers opportunities for workers and employers and potentially contributes to innovation, economic growth and competitiveness in the EU, it has been criticised from the beginning because of the poor employment and working conditions often experienced by workers.
While 2020 may come to be seen as the year platform work gathered pace and started to go mainstream – thanks in large part to COVID-19 containment measures sparking an increase in food and grocery delivery – 2021 could be the year that regulation of platform work is set in motion.
