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.
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The database currently contains 347 entries and was last updated in August 2023.
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' assocations joined the Taxi Drivers Association in the proceedings.
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…
33 records found
| Date | Title | Tags |
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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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| 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 platform-determined routine work |
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| 6 January 2022 | Cotabo Taxi Bologna (Cooperative)
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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| 6 January 2022 | Doc Servizi (Cooperative)
Initiative | On-location client-determined higher-skilled work |
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| 6 January 2022 | Gangmastering case in Uber Eats and agreement against gangmastering
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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| 6 January 2022 | Court judgement on employment status (Foodinho, Glovo, UberEats, JustEat and Deliveroo)
Court ruling | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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| 6 January 2022 | Court judgement on employment status (Deliveroo)
Court ruling | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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| 6 January 2022 | Court judgement on employment status (Glovo)
Court ruling | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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| 6 January 2022 | Strike Raiders
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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| 6 January 2022 | The Deliverance Project (protest network)
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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| 29 May 2021 | Collective agreement between Just Eat, trade union CGIL, CISL and UIL Trasporti and workers in Italy
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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| 23 March 2021 | Riders Union Reggio Emilia
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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| 1 March 2021 | Uber Eats health and safety protocol for riders in Italy
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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| 1 March 2021 | Charter of Values
Initiative | 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
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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| 1 February 2021 | Safety Delivery initiative
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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| 22 January 2021 | Si-Cobas (Sindacato Intercategoriale Cobas Lavoratori Autorganizzati, Inter-sectoral self-organised workers’ union)
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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| 22 January 2021 | Collective agreement Italian logistics sector
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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| 22 January 2021 | Riders Union Bologna
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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| 22 January 2021 | Regional legislation in Lazio, Italy
Initiative | No platform work typology |
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| 22 January 2021 | Italy: Decree 50/2017
Initiative | No platform work typology |
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| 22 January 2021 | Social protection for self-employed delivery platform workers
Initiative | No platform work typology |
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| 22 January 2021 | NIdiL and CGIL
Initiative | No platform work typology |
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| 21 January 2021 | Italian trade union support for platform workers
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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| 21 January 2021 | Riders’ municipal information counter
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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| 21 January 2021 | Sindacato-Networkers
Initiative | No platform work typology |
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| 1 May 2020 | Riders for rights (Rider x i diritti)
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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| 10 May 2019 | Collective agreement between LaConsegna and FILT-CGIL, FIT-CISL and UIL Trasporti of Florence
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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| 25 May 2017 | Ruling 26/5/2017 n. 25857/2017 R.G.
Court ruling | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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| 6 April 2017 | Ordinanza 7/4/2017
Court ruling | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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| 1 March 2017 | Ruling 01/3/2017, n. 20770/2056 R.G.
Court ruling | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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.
