Platform economy database
Database of initiatives and court cases in the EU
Eurofound’s platform economy database provides information on 415 initiatives and court cases that exist or have been implemented in relation to activities in the platform economy. The database was last updated in July 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.
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The database currently contains 415 entries and was last updated in July 2025.
On June 13, 2025, the International Labour Organization (ILO) agreed to develop binding global standards for the platform economy, a sector which is estimated to employ over 150 million people worldwide. This breakthrough decision, which will take the form of a binding Convention and a supplementary Recommendation, was supported by most government…
The network consists of an international cooperation between trade unions and social partners in the Danube region. It has been operational between 2020 and 2021. By initiating the project cooperation, the Austrian Trade Union Federation aimed to increase the involvement of workers and workers’ representatives and to strengthen transnational solid…
40 records found
| Date | Title | Tags |
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| 12 January 2024 | US: Amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act address Employment Status of Platform Workers
Legislation | No platform work typology |
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| 21 November 2023 | UK Supreme Court rules against Union on Deliveroo riders employment status
Court ruling | On-location determined |
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| 24 January 2022 | ReAct
Initiative | On-location determined |
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| 6 January 2022 | Fairbnb (Cooperative)
Cooperative | On-location negotiated |
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| 11 March 2021 | Industry Sharing Safety Programme of Uber and Lyft
Initiative | On-location determined |
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| 10 March 2021 | Free Now’s campaign for female drivers
Initiative | On-location determined |
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| 5 March 2021 | Justice for Foodora Couriers
Initiative | On-location determined |
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| 5 March 2021 | Unite and Toilet Dignity Campaign in UK
Initiative | On-location determined |
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| 5 March 2021 | Wolt’s COVID-19 support for riders
Initiative | On-location determined |
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| 9 February 2021 | Future of Work Institute
Initiative | Online platform-determined higher-skilled work |
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| 22 January 2021 | Uber London Drivers Network
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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| 22 January 2021 | YouTubers Union
Initiative | No platform work typology |
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| 22 January 2021 | Uber Community Guidelines
Initiative | On-location determined |
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| 22 January 2021 | Turkopticon
Initiative | Online determined |
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| 22 January 2021 | Deliveroo partners with Qover to offer insurance to its couriers
Initiative | On-location determined |
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| 22 January 2021 | FairTube
Initiative | |
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| 22 January 2021 | California Assembly Bill No. 5
Legislation | On-location determined |
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| 22 January 2021 | Fairwork Foundation
Initiative | No platform work typology |
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| 21 January 2021 | Syndicom and Mila Code of Conduct
Initiative | No platform work typology |
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| 21 January 2021 | The Internet of Ownership – Directory
Initiative | No platform work typology |
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| 21 January 2021 | Sharing Cities Alliance
Initiative | No platform work typology |
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| 21 January 2021 | Declaration of Sharing Cities
Initiative | No platform work typology |
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| 21 January 2021 | CoopCycle
Initiative | On-location determined |
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| 21 January 2021 | Gigworker.com
Initiative | No platform work typology |
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| 21 January 2021 | TurkerView
Initiative | Online determined |
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| 21 January 2021 | Turker Nation
Initiative | Online determined |
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| 21 January 2021 | Reddit r/mturk and r/HITsWorthTurkingFor
Initiative | Online determined |
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| 21 January 2021 | Mturkgrind
Initiative | Online determined |
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| 21 January 2021 | MTurk forum
Initiative | Online determined |
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| 21 January 2021 | MTurk Crowd
Initiative | Online determined |
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| 21 January 2021 | Crowd Workers (browser extension)
Initiative | Online determined |
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| 21 January 2021 | Stride Health and Mastercard to offer platform workers affordable insurance in the US
Initiative | No platform work typology |
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| 21 January 2021 | digitalplatformobservatory.org
Initiative | No platform work typology |
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| 15 January 2021 | Giggin’ Policy Project
Initiative | No platform work typology |
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| 21 May 2020 | COVID-19 support for Uber drivers and delivery people
Initiative | On-location determined |
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| 9 March 2020 | The Workers Fund
Initiative | No platform work typology |
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| 1 March 2020 | Qover partners with Wolt to Offer riders insurance
Initiative | On-location determined |
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| 10 April 2018 | Civil action: Razak, Sabani and Cherdoud vs. Uber Technologies Inc., and Gegan, LLC, N. 16-573
Court ruling | On-location determined |
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| 10 November 2017 | UK Employment Appeal Tribunal rules Uber drivers as "workers" in London
Court ruling | On-location determined |
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| 1 January 2016 | San Francisco Court, Uber Settlement: on Drivers Employment Status
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.
