Member States agree on a text improving the rights of digital platform workers

A way out after several weeks of blockage. The member states of the European Union reached a political agreement on Monday March 11 on a text intended to strengthen the rights of workers on digital platforms such as Uber or Deliveroo, announced the Belgian presidency of the Council of the EU.

“Better working conditions for those who deliver your meal to your home! Ministers have just approved the compromise text on the Platform Workers Directive. This will improve the rights and conditions of more than 28.5 million workers Europeans working” in this sector, she reported on X.

This agreement aims in particular to make “more transparent the use of algorithms in human resources management, ensuring that automated systems are monitored by qualified personnel and that workers have the right to challenge automated decisions”precise a press release from the Council. It must also help to “properly determine the employment status of people working for the platforms”.

The adopted text is a draft European directive: this type of text does not set binding rules, but objectives. “Each country is free to develop its own measures to achieve them”by adopting a law at the national level, explains the official website of the EU.