Event Platformisation of Work Online Platforms, Platform Work and Platform Workers in Portugal, Romania, Spain and Germany: What can we learn from each other? 13.10.2022 This online event on platform economy in Portugal, Romania, Spain and Germany took place on October 13. The recording of the event is now available in English, German, Portuguese, Romanian & Spanish. Image: Creator: JQ&ROS Visual Tuesday, 18.10.2022 Event Platformisation of Work FES-ETUC Social Media Campaign #FairPlatformWork The campaign on improving working conditions in platform work is a joint project between FES Future of Work and ETUC. This video is provided on YouTube. To look at it, you have to agree to our marketing cookies. Further information can be found in the detailed Data protection information. Accept Marketing Cookies and load video German version : Plattformarbeit & Plattformbeschäftigte in Portugal, Rumänien, Spanien & Deutschland Portuguese version : Plataformas de Trabalho e Trabalhadores de Plataformas em Espanha, Portugal, Roménia & Alemanha Romanian version: Platformele online : aspecte legate de muncă și lucrători în Spania, Portugalia, România și Germania Spanish version: Plataformas online, trabajo de plataforma y trabajadores de plataforma en España, Portugal, Rumanía y Alemania The platform economy has been expanding in Spain, Portugal, Romania and Germany in the last decade. However, only in Spain and Portugal new legislations have been adopted by the national governments. In Spain, the ‘Rider Law’ from 2021 stipulates that delivery workers must be considered as employees and are therefore entitled to basic rights. In Portugal, the so-called ‘Uber Law’ introduces a presumption of employment by defining an electronic platform and governing the employment status of individual platform workers. Furthermore, online platforms and platform workers are obliged to subscribe to a central register in order to provide their services.Unlike in Spain and Portugal, online platforms are not facing such specific regulations in Germany and Romania. In the Romanian public sphere, the platform economy has been discussed as a new and positive phenomenon that fosters flexibility and autonomy compared to standard employment. As a result, the importance of social protection, collective bargaining or working conditions of platform workers have been largely neglected. In Germany, despite multiple grassroots initiatives addressing the rights of platform workers, the public debates have been focusing more on data protection at the workplace. Various parties and trade unions have been calling for an employee data-protection law in addition to the requirements laid down in the GDPR. This FES event by FES Future of Work, FES Spain & Portugal and FES Romania aimed to address the issue of platform work, online platforms and platform workers in Spain, Portugal, Romania and Germany. Further information Factsheets on Online Platforms and Platform Work in Portugal, Romania, Spain and Germany FES-Project 'Mapping Platform Economy' Policy Report: Online Platforms and Platform Work Fairwork Germany Ratings 2021/22: Labour Standards in the Platform Economy Agenda Einladung: Online-Plattformen, Plattformarbeit & Plattformbeschäftigte in Portugal, Rumänien, Spanien und Deutschland (German version) Convite: Plataformas online, trabajo de plataforma y trabajadores de plataforma en España, Portugal, Rumanía y Alemania (Portuguese version) Invitatie: Platformele online : aspecte legate de muncă și lucrători în Spania, Portugalia, România și Germania (Romanian version) Invitación: Plataformas online, trabajo de plataforma y trabajadores de plataforma en España, Portugal, Rumanía y Alemania (Spanish version)
