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09 December 2021 The European Commission launches new rules to protect riders and platform workers such as Uber, Deliveroo and Glovo. From the definition of the level of pay and working hours to the dress code: in its communication today, Brussels draws up a list of criteria to classify workers in the gig economy as employees and push their hiring.



According to an initial EU impact assessment, with the new rules up to 4.1 million riders and digital platform workers could see their status change among the 5.5 million erroneously considered autonomous.



The EU opens to collective bargaining for self-employed


Self-employed workers should have access to collective bargaining without being hindered by EU competition rules. This is what the European Commission claims, which today launched a public consultation on the issue.



The EU guidelines, presented together with a package of rules to protect riders and gig economy workers, "aim to ensure that competition law does not hinder the efforts of some self-employed" both online and offline "to collectively improve their working conditions, including pay, in cases where they are in a relatively weak position ".



Dombrovskis: People have the right to decent work


"Digital work platforms play an important role in our economy as they innovate, create jobs and help meet consumer demand. People are at the heart of this business model and have a right to decent working conditions and social protection ". This was stated by the vice president of the European Commission, Valdis Dombrovskis, presenting the European Commission's package for the protection of riders.



"For this reason, we are now proposing new rules so that digital work platforms have greater certainty of growth and so that the rights of people working in the platform economy are protected, so that everyone can take full advantage of this opportunity", he said. explained.



Schmit: "Platforms respect EU social standards"


Nobody is trying to kill, stop or hinder the growth of platforms, we are all committed to developing this economy because it corresponds to a demand in our society, and we want it to thrive.

But this business model should also adapt to our standards, including social ones. "This was stated by the European Commissioner for Labor, Nicols Schmit, presenting the package of EU regulations to protect riders and workers in the gig economy." We must bring the 'platform economy within the EU social model ", he reiterated.