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A “flexicurity” approach in the platform economy

  More and more, people want to work where, when, and for whom they want: they ask for a flexible work and digital labour…

US: New York City passes bills offering protections to food delivery workers

In September 2021, the majority of New York City's 51-member Council voted in favor of the food delivery laws. These measures…

France: An executive Order on representation rights for platform workers

According to the French Constitution, the Government may ask the Parliament for authorization to take measures by ordinance, for a…

Portugal: a new draft bill seeks to grant platform workers working rights as employees

The bill follows the example of other European countries, like Spain, which have been increasingly taking on the gig economy…

UK: The Court of Appeal confirms that a delivery courier is a worker

The case appeal concerns the status of a courier delivering goods by moped. The question was whether an employment tribunal was…

Argentina: Cabify driver should be registered as an employee

The legal status of platform economy workers is a topic of debate in many parts of the world. In the case "Bolzán, José Luis v. Minieri…

Netherlands: Uber drivers are employees and their services are covered by the collective agreement for taxi transport

A new judgment was added to the increasingly lengthy series of rulings on the gig economy and the question of whether platforms can also…

India: Federation of App-based Transport workers (IFAT) calling for gig economy workers to be covered by social security in the future

In India, almost three million workers are gig workers and 56% of the new employment is generated by the gig economy. The PIL, filed…

Gig economy: European Parliament backed proposals for a new law on fair working conditions, rights and social protection for platform workers

European Commission’s legislative initiative on platform workers, to be published in December this year, together with the possible…

The definition of worker in the platform economy: Exploring workers’ risks and regulatory solutions (an European Economic and Social Committee workers’ group study)

The research discusses the different varieties of platform work, exploring the defining features of platform work in terms of…

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