Platform economy database
Database of initiatives and court cases in the EU
Eurofound’s platform economy database provides information on 412 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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18 March 2025 | New law to compensate platform workers following workplace accidents
Initiative | No platform work typology |
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21 January 2025 | Court ruling: Bolt does not assume employer liability for work environment
Court ruling | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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21 January 2025 | Court ruling: Wolt is liable as employer for work environment
Court ruling | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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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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12 September 2022 | OPZZ activating platform workers in Warsaw, Poland
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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6 January 2022 | The Deliverance Project (protest network)
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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27 October 2021 | Gorillas Workers Collective
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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14 October 2021 | Velogista
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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16 September 2021 | Greek Law no. 4808/2021: Defining Platform Work, Ensuring Workers Rights, and Setting Health and Safety Obligations
Initiative | No platform work typology |
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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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11 March 2021 | Industry Sharing Safety Programme of Uber and Lyft
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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2 countries |
5 March 2021 | Unite and Toilet Dignity Campaign in UK
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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5 March 2021 | Foodora’s (lacking) COVID-19 support for riders in Finland
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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5 March 2021 | Wolt’s COVID-19 support for riders
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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4 March 2021 | Wolt Workers Group
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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3 February 2021 | Deliveroo France initiative to support riders during the COVID-19 pandemic
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 | Asoriders - non-profit association formed by platform workers in Spain
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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22 January 2021 | IPSE (Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed)/Uber
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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22 January 2021 | HK Freelancer and Alka insurance
Initiative | No platform work typology |
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22 January 2021 | Regional legislation in Lazio, Italy
Initiative | No platform work typology |
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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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22 January 2021 | Platforms providing free housing to healthcare professionals
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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22 January 2021 | COVID-19 support for Uber drivers and delivery people
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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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 | Crowdsourcing Code of Conduct
Initiative | No platform work typology |
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21 January 2021 | Instituto Nacional de Seguridad, Salud y Bienesar en el Trabajo (INSSBT, National Institute for Safety, Health and Wellbeing at Work, Spain)
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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2 countries |
21 January 2021 | Declaration of Sharing Cities
Initiative | No platform work typology |
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21 January 2021 | The Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB) Sues UK Government Over Worker Protections
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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3 countries |
1 March 2020 | Wolt and Qover
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.
