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.
Qover, a Belgian insurance company, has started to offer its services to Wolt, a food delivery platform operating in Scandinavia. The insurance will be provided to food delivery riders working through the platform in Finland, Denmark and Norway. The riders will be automatically covered by accident insurance which applies once riders log into the Wolt app and covers personal injuries (including €50 of hospital cash benefit per complete 24 hours and up to €7,500 of medical expenses per insured person per coverage period).
Apart from the partnership with Wolt, Qover has worked with many other digital platforms in Europe. It has been collaborating with Deliveroo since May 2018 in various European countries. It also provides insurance to Poppy, a car sharing platform, in Belgium
In May 2018, Deliveroo begun collaboration with the insurance start-up Qover to provide private insurance for food delivery couriers in the 12 countries in which Deliveroo is operational, thereby covering …
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.
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