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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5 December 2024 | VBAR: New bill to target bogus self-employment
Initiative | No platform work typology |
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25 November 2024 | The Taxi Union and Fair taxi
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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4 countries |
23 September 2024 | Cachet - Insurance services for platform workers
Initiative | No platform work typology |
Tag Updated |
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28 May 2024 | Supreme Court rules platform worker is self-employed
Court ruling | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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14 February 2024 | Court ruling obliges Stuart to pay 237,000 euros for riders falsely declared as self-emlpoyed
Court ruling | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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24 November 2023 | Dutch Supreme Court: Deliveroo falls under Collective Labour Agreement and must pay pensions for riders
Court ruling | 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 July 2023 | Amendment to Finnish Employment Contracts Act, new criteria for distinction between self-employment and dependent employment
Initiative | No platform work typology |
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24 March 2023 | Supreme Court of Netherlands rules in favour of Deliveroo couriers as employees
Court ruling | On-location platform-determined routine work |
Tag Updated |
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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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24 January 2022 | Initiative Emploi
Initiative | On-location client-determined moderately skilled work |
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24 January 2022 | UNION (CFDT)
Initiative | No platform work typology |
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24 January 2022 | Framework Law on Mobility and Decree No. 2020-1284 of 22 October 2020
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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6 January 2022 | Doc Servizi (Cooperative)
Initiative | On-location client-determined higher-skilled work |
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6 January 2022 | The Deliverance Project (protest network)
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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6 January 2022 | Statement of the Finnish Labour Council on employment status (Foodora and Wolt)
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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23 November 2021 | Union of Founders and Self-employed Germany (Verband der Gründer und Selbstständigen Deutschland, VGSD)
Initiative | No platform work typology |
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27 October 2021 | Wolt in Germany
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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16 September 2021 | First Croatian Union of Platform Workers Established
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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21 April 2021 | Ordinance No. 2021-484 of 21 April 2021 to establish representation for platform workers
Initiative | No platform work typology |
Tag Updated |
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23 March 2021 | Riders Union Reggio Emilia
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 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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3 countries |
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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1 March 2021 | Charter of Values
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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17 February 2021 | Uber before the Brussels Labour Court concerning the status of a worker
Court ruling | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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10 February 2021 | Court of Bologna: the anti-discrimination law protects workers from the algorithm
Court ruling | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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4 February 2021 | Oviedo hosts the first macro-trial against Glovo in Asturias, with 150 distributors affected
Court ruling | 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 | Association of platforms using independent workers (Association des Plateformes des indépendants, API)
Initiative | No platform work typology |
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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 | turespuestasindical
Initiative | No platform work typology |
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22 January 2021 | Moneyfarm/Uber
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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2 countries |
22 January 2021 | Deliveroo and Qover
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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22 January 2021 | BlaBlaSure/AXA
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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2 countries |
22 January 2021 | AXA insurance and Uber
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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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 | Collective agreement Italian logistics sector
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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22 January 2021 | Transnational Federation of Couriers
Initiative | No platform work typology |
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22 January 2021 | Works council Foodora Austria
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 | Collectif des Courier-e-s (Couriers Collective)
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine 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 | GMB Union and Hermes
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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22 January 2021 | Regional legislation in Lazio, Italy
Initiative | No platform work typology |
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22 January 2021 | France: Law 2016-1088. Legal framework for platform workers
Initiative | No platform work typology |
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22 January 2021 | Danish Government Sharing Economy Strategy
Initiative | No platform work typology |
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22 January 2021 | California Assembly Bill No. 5
Initiative | No platform work typology |
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22 January 2021 | Easier access to social benefits for platform workers in UK
Initiative | No platform work typology |
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22 January 2021 | Temporary compensation scheme for platform workers
Initiative | No platform work typology |
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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 | CGT delivery unions
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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22 January 2021 | Sharing economy UK Trustseal
Initiative | No platform work typology |
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22 January 2021 | Registration of Amazon Flex deliverers
Court ruling | On-location platform-determined routine work |
Tag Updated |
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2 countries |
21 January 2021 | WageIndicator Foundation on Platform Economy
Initiative | No platform work typology |
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21 January 2021 | Travail Gratuit (Free Labour)
Initiative | No platform work typology |
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21 January 2021 | Stride Health
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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21 January 2021 | The Danish trade union 3F Signs Collective Agreements with Platform Companies
Initiative | On-location client-determined moderately skilled work |
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5 countries |
15 January 2021 | Giggin’ Policy Project
Initiative | No platform work typology |
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12 January 2021 | New blow to the model of delivery cyclists: Social Security wins its biggest macro-judgment against Deliveroo
Court ruling | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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15 December 2020 | Lawsuit FNV: Uber drivers get too little
Court ruling | On-location platform-determined routine work |
Tag Updated |
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1 December 2020 | Germany adds to recognition of platform workers
Court ruling | No platform work typology |
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26 October 2020 | TaskRunner appeals against employer liability
Court ruling | On-location client-determined moderately skilled work |
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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 |
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11 June 2019 | GCJ case - SJSO 2253/2019
Court ruling | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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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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29 March 2019 | Ridesharing ordinance
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.
