The EU Parliament and Council reached a provisional agreement on a bill to improve the working conditions of persons performing platform work. The Platform Work Directive aims to ensure the correct classification of the employment status of people performing platform work and to introduce the first ever EU-rules on algorithmic management and the use of artificial intelligence in the workplace. Currently, at least 5.5 million persons performing platform work may be wrongly classified as self-employed and are missing out on important labour and social protection rights.
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