Platform economy database
Database of initiatives and court cases in the EU
Eurofound’s platform economy database provides information on 385 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 385 entries and was last updated in February 2024.
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21 November 2023 | UK Supreme Court: Deliveroo riders are not workers and have no collective bargaining rights
Court ruling | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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14 September 2023 | Italian Data Protection Authority: employee has right to access data gathered by employer-installed GPS system
Initiative | No platform work typology |
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27 June 2023 | Spanish Trade union Elité Taxi launches a campaign to attract ride hailing drivers to become taxi drivers
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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3 May 2023 | Danish tax authority rules Wolt must administer taxes for couriers
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine 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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20 April 2023 | Minimum hourly wage for platform delivery drivers and riders 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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14 February 2023 | Milan Court of Appeal judges Deliveroo delivery rider must have employment status.
Court ruling | 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 |
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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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15 February 2022 | Glovo’s pledge to couriers
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 | Collective Agreement bewteen Voocali and HK
Initiative | Online client-determined specialist 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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10 August 2021 | Revision of the legal framework for platform workers
Initiative | No platform work typology |
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4 March 2021 | Wolt Workers Group
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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22 January 2021 | Collective agreement Italian logistics sector
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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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 | Collective agreement for bicycle couriers in Austria
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 | Regional legislation in Lazio, Italy
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 | Deliveroo strike United Kingdom
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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22 January 2021 | Deliveroo strike Spain
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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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 | The Workers Fund
Initiative | No platform work typology |
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22 January 2021 | Fairwork Foundation
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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2 countries |
21 January 2021 | WageIndicator Foundation on Platform Economy
Initiative | No platform work typology |
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22 September 2020 | ECJ Joined Cases C724/18 and C727/18
Court ruling | On-location client-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 |
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.
