nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/dba87fbde3fe3d77 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 261102s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/dba87fbde3fe3d77 doi eng 342 23 Bronowicka, Joanna Author aut Employees without Employers - The Structural Problem of Subcontracting in German Food Delivery Bronowicka, Joanna Verfassungsblog 2026-11-02 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Working conditions in platform work show an “urgent need for action,” according to the Bundesrat. It recently called on the German government to present a draft bill to implement the Platform Work Directive before the 2 December 2026 deadline. Effective regulation in food delivery, the Bundesrat states, could be achieved by requiring platform workers to be employed directly by digital platforms. Indeed, such a prohibition on the use of subcontracted labour would be really helpful. CC BY-SA 4.0 gig work labour law platform labour workers rights Kocher, Eva Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/platform-work-directive/ raw object