The EU Directive on platform work: improvements and remaining challenges related to occupational safety and health

Just over two years were needed from proposal to final adoption of the EU Directive on Platform Work. This report analyses its final text, detailing improved occupational safety and health provisions related to platform workers’ employment status, algorithmic management, and transparency, enforcement and collective bargaining. 

Challenges remain, however, regarding how different Member States will implement the directive vis-à-vis employment status, subcontracting, algorithmic transparency, automated decision-making, collective representation and enforcement.