The EU Plans to Reign In the Gig Economy

TechCrunch’s Natasha Lomas writes an incisive analysis of proposed EU legislation for the gig economy, which it hopes will improve conditions for platform workers across the block, including by establishing a framework to tackle the problem of bogus self-employment. The Commission’s overarching goal, according to the article, is to create a level playing field between traditional businesses and gig platforms, as well as between different gig platforms (or “digital labor platforms” as its draft text calls them) — by enforcing minimum standards for platform businesses. In our view the five-point criteria laid out still leave substantial room for classification of subcontractors as true independents, but the proposals are a big step toward drawing sharper lines between independent contractors and de facto employees – an area which is highly fact-driven and which our Labor Law Plus team analyze regularly for companies worldwide – and which could lead to framing issues more concisely in disputes both for platform and non-platform work. READ MORE…

https://techcrunch.com/2021/12/09/eu-gig-economy-proposal/?

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