“Amazon and Walmart are the two largest private employers in the United States, and together these two megacorporations have amassed unprecedented levels of wealth. Both companies have succeeded by pioneering …
Wisconsin ruling that Amazon drivers are employees stands, state’s high court unanimously decides
The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday let stand a lower court ruling that declared some delivery drivers for Amazon were employees as the state argued, not independent contractors as the online …
EU Advances Watered-Down Labor Plan for Uber, Deliveroo Workers
European Union countries reached a breakthrough Monday on planned rules over workers’ rights in the gig economy, after EU member states reached the necessary majority to move ahead with the …
Platform Work Directive
This Directive aims to improve the working conditions of platform workers and to protect the personal data of persons performing platform work in the European Union. https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-7212-2024-ADD-1/en/pdf
In last-minute upset, France pitches new changes to gig work file
As EU ambassadors were due to meet on Friday (8 March) to try to agree again a provisional deal on the platform work directive, France circulated a set of changes …
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It takes three to tango in the EU: the new European Directive on Platform Work
In March 2024, The European Union’s institutions reached an agreement to adopt a European Directive on Platform Work. To understand the content of this Directive, it is essential to know what European directives …