A Timid Proposal

<p>With the Council position of 12 June on the proposal for a EU Directive on improving working conditions in platform work, a presumption of employment status for digital platform work is now becoming the subject of trilogue negotiations. A lot could be said about the proposal, the process, a...

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Main Author: Eva Kocher
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog GmbH 2023-07-01
Series:Verfassungsblog
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Online Access:https://verfassungsblog.de/a-timid-proposal/
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Summary:<p>With the Council position of 12 June on the proposal for a EU Directive on improving working conditions in platform work, a presumption of employment status for digital platform work is now becoming the subject of trilogue negotiations. A lot could be said about the proposal, the process, and the innovation that would come with an EU Directive on platform work as such. This comment focuses on one central part of the proposal: the presumption of employment. The Commission’s and Council’s proposals suggest a well meant, but timid instrument. Given the already limited scope of te proposals in their definition of “digital labour platforms”, only the Parliament’s position that does not condition the presumption to any additional criteria is able to convince.</p>
ISSN:2366-7044