
Adél Holdampf-Wendel
Bereichsleiterin Arbeitsrecht und Arbeit 4.0
Bitkom e.V.
The European Parliament Committee on Employment and Social Affairs is currently debating the draft report on the proposal for a directive on improving working conditions in platform work (2021/0414(COD)).
Bitkom regrets that the proposal in its current form leads to more legal uncertainty for persons performing platform work and the platform industry as a whole by introducing a rebuttable presumption of employment based on unclear and imprecise criteria. For a balanced and future-proof regulation of platform work, Bitkom believes that the following amendments in particular should be made: