Platform economy database
Database of initiatives and court cases in the EU
Eurofound’s platform economy database provides information on 386 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 2024 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 386 entries and was last updated in February 2024.
This section lists initiatives which seek to use social dialogue and collective bargaining to address issues related to the working conditions of platform workers.
51 records found
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19 December 2023 | Collective agreement for freedom to choose journeys signed
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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19 September 2023 | Collective agreement on transparency and account deactivation in the VTC platform sector signed
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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29 August 2023 | Union Indépendants
Initiative | On-location worker-initiated moderately skilled work |
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1 May 2023 | Glovo riders win improved working conditions in Avilés after strike action
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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27 April 2023 | Agreement guaranteeing cab drivers and platforms on minimum pay per ride
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
Tag Updated |
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20 April 2023 | Minimum hourly wage for platform delivery drivers and riders established
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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20 April 2023 | Terms and conditions for platform worker account deactivation established
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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20 April 2023 | Method agreement on resources for representatives of platform delivery workers established
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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18 February 2023 | Danish firm Nemlig and trade union 3F Transport conclude Collective Bargaining Agreement for delivery drivers
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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18 January 2023 | Agreement on minimum income per ride signed
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
Tag Updated |
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18 January 2023 | Method agreement on negotiations and social dialogue in the VTC platform sector signed
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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21 November 2022 | Agreement between ABVV-BTB Union and Uber
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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1 June 2022 | Flink Workers' Collective
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
Tag Updated |
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1 April 2022 | Autorité des relations sociales des plateformes d’emploi (ARPE)
Initiative | No platform work typology |
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1 April 2022 | E-food grants riders contracts
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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16 February 2022 | ZSSS resolution on fair working conditions in the platform economy
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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14 February 2022 | Collective agreement for platform workers between Just Eat, CCOO and UGT in Spain
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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6 January 2022 | Collective Agreements between Unionen and platforms
Initiative | Online moderately skilled click work |
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6 January 2022 | Collective Agreement bewteen Voocali and HK
Initiative | Online client-determined specialist work |
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6 January 2022 | Itset (representation of self-employed workers)
Initiative | No platform work typology |
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22 December 2021 | L’Observatoire de l’Uberisation (Observatory of ‘uberisation’)
Initiative | No platform work typology |
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27 October 2021 | Works Councils Lieferando, Mjam and Veloce
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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27 October 2021 | Deliver Union Campaign, FAU Berlin
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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22 January 2021 | Asoriders
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 | YouTubers Union
Initiative | No platform work typology |
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22 January 2021 | Mladi Plus
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
Tag Updated |
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22 January 2021 | Ver.di
Initiative | No platform work typology |
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22 January 2021 | Agreement to collaborate between FNV and Temper
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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22 January 2021 | SE (Societas Europaea, European Company) Works Council Delivery Hero
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 | GoOpti worker protest
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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22 January 2021 | Collective agreement for bicycle couriers in Austria
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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22 January 2021 | FairTube
Initiative | Online platform-determined higher-skilled work |
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22 January 2021 | Collective agreement between Foodora and the United Federation of Trade Unions (Fellesforbundet)
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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22 January 2021 | Collective agreement between Bzzt and Swedish Transport Workers' Union
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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22 January 2021 | GMB Union and Hermes
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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22 January 2021 | UGT - Manifesto of Intentions - Ride-hailing platforms
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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22 January 2021 | United Freelancers and ACV-CSC
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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22 January 2021 | Independent Delivery Workers Collective in Paris (CLAP)
Initiative | No platform work typology |
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22 January 2021 | Hermes support fund
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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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 | Liefern am Limit
Initiative | On-location client-determined routine work |
Tag Updated |
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21 January 2021 | Justice4Couriers
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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21 January 2021 | The Danish trade union 3F
Initiative | On-location client-determined moderately skilled work |
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1 January 2020 | Intersyndicale nationale (INV) VTC trade union
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
Tag Updated |
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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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21 January 2018 | Riders x Derechos (Riders for Rights)
Initiative | 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.
