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PLATFORMS WORKERS - ON THEIR WAY TO REGULATON?

by MPR Partners | Maravela, Popescu & Asociații December 3, 2021

Digitalization has seen an incredible lunge forward within the past years. This evolution brought along several opportunities that would not have been otherwise possible. One of the markets that have seen such a step forward is gig economy. Generally speaking, the concept of „gig-economy” defines short-term working arrangements between companies and workers and that are paid following each undertaken task. While it was already a phenomenon on the rise, the COVID-19 pandemic has fostered its growth towards even greater popularity.

Gig economy is based both on freelancers, who earn a living from project-based paid assignments, and on people who may already have a permanent job elsewhere but who are looking for a way to increase their income by finding additional means of income. In order to find and undertake such arrangements, people turn to online platforms. This led to their labelling as a new category of workers namely, “platform workers”.

According to the European Commission, the economy based on the labour enabled by means of online platforms in the European Union (“EU”) has increased over five times since 2016, from an estimated EUR 3 billion to roughly EUR 14 billion[1]. And the capital increase is not the sole aspect observed, as roughly 24 million citizens of the European Union have found labour by means of various online platforms. Adding to the popularity of gig economy, 11 per cent of the EU workforce stating to have offered such services at least once.

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[1]        “Protecting people working through platforms: Commission launches second-stage consultation of social partners” press release of the European Commission of June 15, 2021, available at https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/IP_21_2944.

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