Platform economy database
Database of initiatives and court cases in the EU
Eurofound’s platform economy database provides information on 452 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 2026 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 452 entries and was last updated in February 2026.
In February 2026, the Milan Public Prosecutor’s Office, led by Prosecutor Paolo Storari, intervened in the operations of Deliveroo Italy. The court availed itlself of Article 34 of the Italian Anti-Mafia Code, a preventive measure typically applied to businesses suspected of being influenced by criminal activity or, as in this case, systemic labou…
Italian prosecutors placed Foodinho, the Italian subsidiary of Glovo, under judicial supervision (a preventative judicial measure that affects the governance of the company) on 10 February 2026. This action follows an investigation into the Chief Executive Officer regarding allegations of labour exploitation. The Carabinieri labour unit executed a…
The Italian Supreme Court (Corte di Cassazione) upheld a 2022 ruling by the Turin court of appeal with a new ruling Sentenza n. 28772/2025, establishing that food delivery riders must be classified as "collaboratori etero-organizzati" (externally organised collaborators). This classification subjects them to protections and rules of subordinate e…
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 (operating in Italy under the name Foodinho), to disclose and explain the AI logic and mechanism used to assign deliveries to riders. Glovo, owned by the German Delivery Hero, has had its claim that such information could not …
The Italian so-called Transparency Decree introduces significant new transparency and predictability requirements for employers, with several provisions directly impacting platform work. Its broad scope explicitly covers non-standard work relationships, including platform and gig economy workers.
Key provisions include:
Algorithmic Transparency - …
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…
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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.
