European UnionEuropean UnionLawDirective (EU) 2024/2831

Platform Work Directive

Creates a legal presumption of employment for people working through digital labour platforms and sets the first EU rules on algorithmic management, including human oversight of automated decisions and limits on processing workers' personal data.

Body

European Parliament and Council

Session

9th parliamentary term

Introduced

Dec 9, 2021

In effect since

Dec 1, 20241y1 year ago

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