Platform economy database
Database of initiatives and court cases in the EU
Eurofound’s platform economy database provides information on 411 initiatives and court cases that exist or have been implemented in relation to activities in the platform economy. The database was last updated in March 2025 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.
The Italian Data Protection Authority has fined Foodinho S.r.l., a company within the Glovo group (which Delivery Hero bought in 2022), €5 million for illegally processing the personal data of over 35,000 couriers via its digital platform. This decision followed an in-depth investigation initiated by the Authority, which revealed that the company …
On 20 June 2023 the Court of Palermo in southern Italy formalised a ruling which requires the Spanish multinational, Glovo, to disclose and explain the AI logic and mechanism used to assign deliveries to riders. Glovo, which is owned by the German company Delivery Hero, has had its claim that such information could not be made public due to trade …
Decree 104/2022 transposes EU Directive 2019.1152 into Italian law.
Transposed provisions from the new Directive, Decree 104/2022
Deliverance Milano is a union of food delivery riders in Milan supporting mobilization, networking as well as knowledge dissemination around gig work. Among others, the group supports workers with the organisation of assemblies for workplace representation. In this sense, it coordinated the first trade union assembly among the JustEat riders in Oc…
Casa del Rider is a local initiative implemented in the context of the project ‘New jobs new protections’ stemming from the collaboration between the National Institute for Insurance against Accidents at Work (INAIL), the CGIL trade union and the Napoli Pedala association.
The main goal of the project is to improve the working conditions of worker…
On 2 July 2015, the Court of Milan confirmed the interim injunction obtained by the Taxi Drivers Association of May 2015. Several consumers' associations joined the Taxi Drivers Association in the proceedings.
A decision by a panel ("Collegio") of the Specialised Enterprise Section ("Sezione Specializzata Impresa") of the Court of Milan (Tribunale…
On 25 May 2015, the Court of Milan approved an interim injunction against Uber's 'UberPop' service, which matches demand for car rides with providers owning private cars. This was in favour of various Taxi Drivers Associations who had brought the case together. The Court ruled that the UberPop service was a direct competitor for taxi drivers and c…
41 records found
| Date | Title | Tags |
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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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| 28 September 2023 | Milan tribunal orders Uber Eats Italy to reverse lay-off of 4,000 riders
Court ruling | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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| 14 September 2023 | Italian Data Protection Authority: employee has right to access data gathered by employer-installed GPS system
Administrative action | On-location determined |
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| 5 July 2023 | Turin Court Rules Glovo Riders are Employees
Court ruling | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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| 5 July 2023 | Foodinho, a subsidiary of GlovoApp23 fined 2.6 million by the Italian data protection authority
Court ruling | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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| 15 February 2023 | Milan: Court rules Glovo must employ a rider
Court ruling | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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| 14 February 2023 | Milan Court of Appeal judges Deliveroo delivery rider must have employment status.
Court ruling | On-location determined |
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| 6 January 2022 | Cotabo Taxi Bologna (Cooperative)
Cooperative | On-location determined |
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| 6 January 2022 | Doc Servizi (Cooperative)
Cooperative | On-location negotiated |
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| 6 January 2022 | Gangmastering case in Uber Eats and agreement against gangmastering
Administrative action | On-location determined |
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| 6 January 2022 | Court judgement on employment status (Foodinho, Glovo, UberEats, JustEat and Deliveroo)
Court ruling | On-location determined |
Tag Updated |
| 6 January 2022 | Italian Court rules that the Deliveroo Algorithm Discriminates Workers
Court ruling | On-location determined |
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| 6 January 2022 | Strike Raiders
Initiative | On-location determined |
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| 6 January 2022 | The Deliverance Project (protest network)
Initiative | On-location determined |
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| 29 May 2021 | Collective agreement between Just Eat, platform workers and trade unions in Italy
Collective agreement | On-location determined |
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| 23 March 2021 | Riders Union Reggio Emilia
Initiative | On-location determined |
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| 1 March 2021 | Uber Eats health and safety protocol for riders in Italy
Initiative | On-location determined |
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| 1 March 2021 | Charter of Values
Initiative | On-location determined |
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| 10 February 2021 | Court of Bologna: the anti-discrimination law protects workers from the algorithm
Court ruling | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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| 1 February 2021 | National Logistics Contract
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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| 1 February 2021 | Collective agreement between AssoDelivery and UGL
Collective agreement | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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| 1 February 2021 | Safety Delivery initiative
Initiative | On-location determined |
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| 22 January 2021 | Foodora riders enter wage negotiations supported by Si-Cobas Union
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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| 22 January 2021 | Collective agreement Italian logistics sector
Collective agreement | On-location determined |
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| 22 January 2021 | Riders Union Bologna
Initiative | On-location determined |
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| 22 January 2021 | Regional legislation for the protection of platform workers in Lazio, Italy
Legislation | No platform work typology |
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| 22 January 2021 | Italy: Decree 50/2017 - Airbnb Tax
Legislation | No platform work typology |
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| 22 January 2021 | NIdiL and CGIL - representation and protection for atypical workers
Initiative | No platform work typology |
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| 21 January 2021 | Italian trade union support for platform workers
Initiative | On-location determined |
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| 21 January 2021 | Milan Support Office for Food Delivery Platform Workers
Initiative | On-location determined |
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| 21 January 2021 | Sindacato-Networkers
Initiative | On-location determined |
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| 20 November 2020 | Palermo Court Recognises Rider as Employee (Glovo)
Court ruling | On-location determined |
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| 1 May 2020 | Riders for rights (Rider x i diritti)
Initiative | On-location determined |
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| 18 November 2019 | Legal framework for delivery platform workers, Italy
Legislation | On-location determined |
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| 10 May 2019 | Collective agreement between LaConsegna and FILT-CGIL, FIT-CISL and UIL Trasporti of Florence
Collective agreement | On-location determined |
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| 7 November 2018 | Italian Food Delivery Industry Association (Assodelivery)
Initiative | On-location determined |
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| 18 September 2018 | Milan Labour Court; Foodinho; Riders Not Classified as Employees.
Court ruling | On-location determined |
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| 6 April 2018 | Turin Tribunal Denies Employee Status for Foodora Riders - overturned in Appeal/Supreme Court
Court ruling | On-location determined |
Tag Updated |
| 25 May 2017 | Court of Rome Lifts Uber Black Ban
Court ruling | On-location determined |
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| 6 April 2017 | Court of Rome Orders Nationwide Ban on Uber Black (Ordinanza 7/4/2017)
Court ruling | On-location determined |
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| 1 March 2017 | Court of Turin bans Uberpop nationwide: it violates competition law
Court ruling | On-location determined |
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.
