EU Platform Work Directive: Which Countries Have Implemented?

The EU 'Platform Work' Directive aims to improve the working conditions of platform workers and to protect the personal data of persons performing platform work. Below, we examine the Directive in more detail, together with the progress made by EU Member States in transposing its provisions into national law.

Directive (EU) 2024/2831 on improving working conditions in platform work (known as the ‘Platform work directive’) was adopted on 14 October 2024. Member States have until 2 December 2026 to transpose it into national law.

What is in the Directive?

The purpose of the Directive is to improve working conditions and the protection of personal data in platform work by:

• introducing measures to facilitate the determination of the correct employment status of persons performing platform work;