The 3rd episode of the “Discussions d’EUROGIP” series is devoted to platform workers and more specifically to the new European Directive (EU) 2024/2831 of 23 October 2024 aimed at improving their working conditions.
It gives the floor to Tea Jarc, Confederal Secretary at the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC).
After a presentation of some figures concerning platforms and platform workers in the EU, Tea gave more information about the profile of platform workers. She then answered our questions about:
- The need of a European Directive
- What the directive (EU) 2024/2831 will change
- What are the challenges ahead with transposition and implementation of the Directive, with an group of experts.
Furthermore, Tea announced the idea to have a new specific directive on algorithmic management which covers all workers, not just platform ones.
To find out more, we suggest the following resources:
- Directive (EU) 2024/2831 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2024 on improving working conditions in platform work
- Proposal for a directive on improving working conditions in platform work (European Commission, 9 December 2021)
- EU rules on platform work
- Platform workers: what status for what social protection? Characteristics – European initiatives – Situation in 6 European countries (Eurogip report available in French with a summary in English)
- Focus sur la nouvelle Directive relative au travail de plateforme (available in French only)
- ETUC – Platform economy
- The digital platform observatory, a joint initiative of ETUC, IRES and ASTREES, funded by the European Commission.
And have a look at our publications, resources, newsletter… that are available at https://eurogip.fr/en
