Surface-Level Compliance vs. Meeting The Deeper Purpose
The Platform Work Directive has finally entered into force, and with it an obligation for Member States to establish an effective rebuttable…
On 11 March 2024, the European co-legislators approved a Directive on improving working conditions in platform work—the ‘Platform Work Directive’ (PWD).[1] It targets two challenges in digital labour…
The need for protections beyond the contractual status
The proposal for a directive “on improving working conditions in platform work”[1] is part of a broad reformist design, aimed at balancing…
Introduction: the need for a new employment presumption
The Portuguese Labour Code was recently amended through Act 13/2023, of 3 April (known as the “Decent Work Agenda”), which entered into…
Representation and Voice of Platform Workers as an Instrumental Tool for Improvement of their working conditions
“Ways to improve labour conditions of platform workers” are at the top of the EU’s…
1) Introduction
On December 12, 2022, at first reading, the European Parliament adopted 186 amendments to the Proposal for a directive on improving working conditions in platform work presented by…
The proposed Directive on improving working conditions in platform work is gradually proceeding through the EU’s legislative institutions, with a key vote in the EP scheduled for 25 October. Beyond…
The Great Resignation has been a frequent discussion point in the United States. The following graph from Pew Research outlines the top reasons US workers have left a job in 2021. Broadly we may…
Will offices close in favour of telework/remote work?
It is unclear whether telework/remote work will be taken up (where feasible) in a significant manner once businesses more widely re-open. The…
