Today, hundreds of people across the country earn income through digital platforms in the fields of delivery, passenger transportation, online services, and more. Many of them operate outside a clearly defined legal framework regarding their employment status and the exercise of their social rights.
Therefore, as Logos Press previously reported, the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection is drafting a law on labor on digital platforms as part of its commitment to transpose the provisions of Directive (EU) 2024/2831 on improving working conditions for digital platform workers into national law.
The directive notes that work on digital platforms is evolving very rapidly, leading to the emergence of new business models and forms of employment that are not always covered by existing social protection systems. Therefore, it is important that this process be accompanied by appropriate legal safeguards.
Trade unions were the first to raise this issue
As a reminder, labor unions first publicly raised this issue last fall during a roundtable discussion dedicated to World Day for Decent Work, which is celebrated on October 7.
As Logos Press noted at the time, many of these workers are classified as self-employed, even though their relationships with platforms are, in fact, employment relationships.
This leads to unpredictability in terms of working hours and makes it difficult to distinguish between the responsibilities of employers and workers. The incorrect classification of workers’ status limits their access to existing labor and social rights. It also creates unfair competition for businesses that correctly classify their workers, which affects the size of the tax base.
