Digital Platforms, Beware of the Evolving EU Platform Work Directive
After more than two years of legislative highs and lows for the European Union’s proposed Platform Work Directive, the EU may be inching closer to adopting regulations on the classification of platform workers, such as rideshare drivers and app-based delivery persons, as Belgium assumes the presidency of the Council of the EU.If adopted in its current form, the Directive would (1) create a rebuttable presumption that platform workers are employees when two of five indicators are present, and (2) require human oversight and transparency when using artificial intelligence (AI) to make decisions vis-à -vis those platform workers, such as allocating work or terminating accounts.
