Green demands fair conditions for delivery sand workers!

Green demands fair conditions for delivery sand workers!

On April 1, 2025, the political support for the employees of Lieferando will be shown, while the discussion about fair working conditions in the platform industry gains driving. The Greens solidarize themselves with the employees and call for a consistent implementation of the EU directive, which was decided in December 2024. Markus Koza, the work and social spokesman, and Lukas Hammer, the traffic spokesman, emphasize the urgency of well-secured jobs for platform workers: inside.

The Greens accuse companies of failing to comply with collective contracts through systematic wage and social dumping. A corresponding application has already been submitted to the National Council to address the predicament. Koza emphatically criticizes the precarization of jobs and calls for a fair competitive environment that can only be realized for all companies through just conditions.

regulations for platform work

In February 2025, Parliament and Council of the EU adopted new rules to classify the employment status of platform employees. This decision was the result of intensive negotiations and was accepted with 554 yes votes, 56 no votes and 24 abstentions. The aim is to counteract the bogus self -employment and to regulate the use of algorithms in the workplace. EU countries are now obliged to introduce a refutable statutory opinion as soon as there is recognizable control through platforms.

In addition, platform employees are protected against layoffs based on algorithmic decisions. The legal instrument aims to strengthen the data protection rights of the employees by no longer being allowed to process certain personal data, such as emotional or mental state. Rapporteur Elisabetta Gualmini points out that this guideline will give up to 40 million employees access to fair working conditions.

implementation and outlook

The new regulations are part of the Directive (EU) 2024/2831, which was published on October 23, 2024. Your goals include the improvement of working conditions and the protection of personal data for platform employees. Until December 2, 2026, the Member States have time to implement the guideline into national legal provisions. The Commission will check the implementation by December 2, 2029 to ensure that the new standards are actually met.

It is noteworthy that 2021 employed more than 500 digital work platforms in the EU over 28 million people, whereby the number could increase to 43 million by 2025. This illustrates the urgency of the legal adjustments in order to meet the challenges of the rapidly changing world of work.

The developments show that the combination of political commitment and regulatory measures is increasingly necessary in order to meet the needs of employees in the platform industry. ots.at/presseaus-sung/ots_20250401_ots0146/kozahammer-vollidaritaet-mithe-den-fahra-fihaften-fair-statt-prekaer-aer-der-plattformwirtschaft"> ots.at reports on the corporate responsibility. In addition, europarl.europa.eu href = "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/de/all/?uri=oj:l_202402831"> Eur-lex.europa.eu represent the legal framework in detail.