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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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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12 September 2022 | OPZZ activating platform workers in Warsaw, Poland
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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16 February 2022 | SIPTU expresses concerns over platform workers’ rights in Ireland
Initiative | On-location platform-determined higher-skilled work |
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6 January 2022 | Strike Raiders
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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6 January 2022 | Deliverance Milano (trade union)
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine work |
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23 November 2021 | Deliveroo strikes Netherlands and Belgium
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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16 September 2021 | Greek Law no. 4808/2021
Initiative | No platform work typology |
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22 January 2021 | GoOpti worker protest
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 | Independent Delivery Workers Collective in Paris (CLAP)
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 | NIdiL and CGIL
Initiative | No platform work typology |
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2 countries |
21 January 2021 | Dataset worker resistance
Initiative | On-location platform-determined routine 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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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.
