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.
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17 records found
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3 December 2024 | Update of Code of Practice on Determining Employment Status in Ireland
Initiative | No platform work typology |
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15 July 2022 | Practical guide on algorithms in the workplace provided by the Ministry of Labour in Spain
Initiative | No platform work typology |
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7 March 2022 | Tax memorandum signed by Uber in Czechia
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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15 February 2022 | Code of Good Practice (Catalonia)
Initiative | No platform work typology |
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15 February 2022 | Glovo’s pledge to couriers
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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2 countries |
11 March 2021 | Industry Sharing Safety Programme of Uber and Lyft
Initiative | On-location determined |
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1 March 2021 | Charter of Values
Initiative | On-location determined |
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3 February 2021 | Wolt publishes algorithmic transparency report
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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1 February 2021 | Safety Delivery initiative
Initiative | On-location determined |
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2 countries |
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 | Regional legislation for the protection of platform workers in Lazio, Italy
Legislation | No platform work typology |
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22 January 2021 | Sharing Economy UK (SEUK)
Initiative | No platform work typology |
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2 countries |
22 January 2021 | Fairwork Foundation
Initiative | No platform work typology |
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2 countries |
22 January 2021 | Crowdsourcing Code of Conduct
Initiative | Online determined |
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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 | SharingEspaña (SHES)
Initiative | No platform work typology |
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.
