Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on improving working conditions through online platforms
In December 2021, the European Commission proposed a directive aimed at improving the working conditions of employees of electronic platforms. It is the first legislative proposal aimed at regulating the rapidly developing electronic labour market. In the European Union, 43 million people are forecast to be employed via online platforms in 2025. Innovation in the workplace, as long as it does not harm workers' rights, has the support of the European Commission. The author presents the legal instruments and structures — the presumption of employee employment and transparent management of work organization — proposed by the EU bodies, the European Parliament and the Council. In order for the economy to achieve an innovative and, at the same time, harmless to the employed goal, which is nowadays electronic employment technologies, it is necessary to uniformly regulate the workplace on the common European market. It is therefore necessary to regulate both the legal status of employees and to define the competences of national public, administrative and judicial institutions, which are obliged to provide legal protection for employees.
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