(Brussels) – The European Union should pass legislation that will bolster wage and labor protections for ride-share drivers, delivery riders, and other people working for digital labor platforms, Human Rights Watch said today. In December 2022, the European Parliament’s Employment Committee adopted amendments to the Platform Work Directive that represent the EU’s best effort yet to curb employment misclassification in the sector and develop world-leading safeguards against the abusive potential of workplace automation.
“Clear and strong rules against employment misclassification are needed to protect the rights of millions of workers who toil daily to provide essential services,” said Amos Toh, senior technology and human rights researcher at Human Rights Watch. “EU lawmakers should also make clear that they will not tolerate the use of opaque and unaccountable technology to exploit workers.”
On December 12, the European Parliament’s Employment Committee adopted a set of revisions that strengthened labor protections in the directive proposed by the European Commission in 2021. This vote enables the Parliament to begin negotiations with the Council and the Commission on the final text. But members of Parliament can still challenge the text at a plenary session in January. EU member states have also been unable to reach an agreement on the text.
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