Platform economy database

Database of initiatives and court cases in the EU

Eurofound’s platform economy database provides information on 347 initiatives and court cases that exist or have been implemented in relation to activities in the platform economy. The database was last updated in August 2023 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.

Topic: Platform work Platform economy repository

The database currently contains 347 entries and was last updated in August 2023.

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Finland

Eurofound country profile: Finland

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Amendment to Finnish Employment Contracts Act, new criteria for distinction between self-employment and dependent employment

On 01 July 2023, a new amendment on the Employment Contracts Act in Finland which aims to establish new criteria to distinguish between self-employment and contractual employment relationships has come into force.

This legislative amendment has originated in a proposal prepared by a sub-group on promoting employment of the Ministry of Economic Aff…
- Date 1 July 2023
- Type
Type

Provision of insurance and social protection

Employment contract

Working conditions
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Itset (representation of self-employed workers)

Itset is a working group comprising the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions (SAK), the Finnish Confederation of Professionals (STTK), the Confederation of Unions for Professional and Managerial Staff (Akava) and the Union of Journalists in Finland. The group seeks to represent the interests of self-employed workers. It also seeks to inclu…
- Date 6 January 2022
- Type
Type

Negotiation of working conditions

Organising and representing workers
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Statement of the Finnish Labour Council on employment status (Foodora and Wolt)

The Labour Council of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment stated on 15 October 2020 that the food couriers of Wolt and Foodora, the two biggest employers in the food delivery sector in Finland, are to be considered employees instead of entrepreneurs. Although the Council statement is not a binding decision on the interpretation of the …
- Date 6 January 2022
- Type On-location platform-determined routine work
Type

Awareness raising, campaigns, information provision
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Service Union United (PAM)

Service Union United (PAM) is a Finnish trade union representing workers in private services sectors, founded in 2000. It is a member of two global umbrella organisations for services sector unions, UNI Global Union (UNI)and International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations (IUF). PAM …
- Date 1 February 2021
- Type On-location platform-determined routine work
Type

Organising and representing workers
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All initiatives

11 records found

Date	Title	Tags
4 July 2023	Guide for Safer and More Secured Food Courier Work Initiative \| On-location platform-determined routine work
6 January 2022	Platform (Wolt) sued by Service Union United (PAM) Initiative \| On-location platform-determined routine work
6 January 2022	Rulings on employment statuses by the Finnish Workers’ Compensation Centre (TVK) Initiative \| On-location platform-determined routine work
5 March 2021	Foodora’s (lacking) COVID-19 support for riders in Finland Initiative \| On-location platform-determined routine work
5 March 2021	Wolt’s COVID-19 support for riders Initiative \| On-location platform-determined routine work
3 February 2021	Wolt publishes algorithmic transparency report Initiative \| On-location platform-determined routine work
1 February 2021	Suomen Yrittäjät Initiative \| No platform work typology
1 February 2021	Jakamistalousinfo.fi (Sharing Economy Information) Initiative \| No platform work typology
22 January 2021	SE (Societas Europaea, European Company) Works Council Delivery Hero Initiative \| On-location platform-determined routine work
21 January 2021	Justice4Couriers Initiative \| On-location platform-determined routine work
1 March 2020	Wolt and Qover Initiative \| On-location platform-determined routine work

Eurofound publications on the platform economy

Regulating platform work in Europe: A work in progress

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.
- Date 27 September 2022
The digital age: Implications of automation, digitisation and platforms for work and employment

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?
- Date 15 December 2021
Initiatives to improve conditions for platform workers: Aims, methods, strengths and weaknesses

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.
- Date 2 December 2021
Charting a positive path for platform 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.
- Date 24 February 2021