Next week – Wednesday 15 December – the European Commission will publish its Digital Services and Digital Markets Acts.

The ETUC, while conscious that the Acts do not touch directly upon the (lack of) rights of platform workers, believe the Acts will better define the legal liability of online platform companies like Facebook and Amazon – which the ETUC believes is urgently required fully justified, and has given them an unfair advantage over other businesses.

ETUC Confederal Secretary Isabelle Schömann said:

“The two Digital Acts should represent a much-needed step forward in the liability of online platforms.

“The Acts will not solve the problems of precarious employment and bogus self-employment created by online platforms. But they need to make it possible to guarantee decent work for digital workers in the digital economy, and not create exemptions.”

Read more about ETUC’s position on these Acts here.