nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20230718-231038-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 230718s2023||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20230718-231038-0 doi eng 342 23 Kocher, Eva Author aut A Timid Proposal - Employment Status in the Proposal for an EU Directive on Improving Working Conditions in Platform Work Kocher, Eva Verfassungsblog 2023-07-18 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier With the Council position of 12 June on the proposal for a EU Directive on improving working conditions in platform work, a presumption of employment status for digital platform work is now becoming the subject of trilogue negotiations. A lot could be said about the proposal, the process, and the innovation that would come with an EU Directive on platform work as such. This comment focuses on one central part of the proposal: the presumption of employment. The Commission’s and Council’s proposals suggest a well meant, but timid instrument. Given the already limited scope of te proposals in their definition of “digital labour platforms”, only the Parliament’s position that does not condition the presumption to any additional criteria is able to convince. CC BY-SA 4.0 digital labour gig work labour law platform labour workers rights Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/a-timid-proposal/ raw object