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 …
EU delivers nothingburger to Uber and Deliveroo workers
The European Union just delivered a big, fat nothingburger to food couriers and ride-hailing app drivers seeking better social protections from the tech firms they work for. Negotiators of an …
Data Protection fines Glovo with 550,000 euros for violating the privacy of delivery drivers
The regulator sanctions the company for carrying out excessive surveillance of the riders and allowing any worker with access to the system to consult their data and messages. The Spanish …
Dutch watchdog fines Uber 10 mln euros over privacy regulations infringement
The Dutch data protection authority (DPA) on Wednesday fined Uber 10 million euros ($11 million) for infringement of privacy regulations regarding its drivers’ personal data. The DPA found that Uber had …
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New Technologies Require Thinking More Expansively About Protecting Workers
Last June, the US National Labor Relations Board issued a ruling that broadened the factors for determining whether a worker is an independent contractor or an employee. These changes, which take effect this …