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Greece
The Ministry of Labour is the responsible body for the transposition of the Platform Work Directive, but in practise the ministry of Digital Governance has taken a leading role in the transposition. There is a working group that has been established for the transposition since May 2025 but the General Confederation of Greek Workers (Γ.Σ.Ε.Ε) […]
Germany
Consultation with social partners on a draft proposal for transposition of the Platform Work Directive remain ongoing. A key sticking point is what to include in the law on intermediaries. Unions have argued for a direct employment mandate which would prohibit sub-contracting in the platform economy, following the example of the meat industry in Germany. […]
Romania
The BNS platform workers’ union has been very active in proposing a draft law to the labour ministry. The ministry was very receptive to the BNS’ proposal but the employers’ organisation has now made it’s own proposals aimed at reducing worker protections, and some of those proposals may have ended in the ministry’s draft. The […]
E-Food riders strike in Greece
E-Food riders took strike action across a number of cities in Greece on 12 February 2026. The strikes in Athens, Thessaloniki, Volos and Kalamata followed stoppages on November 28-29. The Attica union was one of several organisations representing riders which were behind the action. They demanded: E-Food is a brand of Delivery Hero, the German […]
Sweden
The Swedish Government has held consultations with the social partners and published its draft proposal for a platform work law on 12 January 2026. The proposal states that a Platform Work Act should be introduced and the law should be mandatory but with “certain possibilities to deviate from the law through collective agreements”. The legal presumption […]
Spain
The social dialogue process for the transposition of the Platform Work Directive has not yet begun, unions are waiting to hear from the Labour Ministry about this. The transposition will take the form of a new law. Representatives of the Labour Ministry have indicated that they are looking at an ambitious transposition, which could include […]
First national Glovo strike in Spain
A three-day strike by Glovo riders across Spain took place from 24-26 April. Organised by the CCOO union, the strike was historic as it was the first national strike of food delivery couriers in the country. Glovo is the largest food delivery platform in Spain. In July 2025, it finally agreed to employ all of […]
Cyprus
The process for the transposition of the Platform Work Directive has not yet started. Unions are waiting for the government to initiate social dialogue.
Slovenia
An election took place in March 2026, a new government has yet to be formed, and it is unlikely that there will be much progress on the transposition of the Platform Work Directive before the new government is in place. Academics have been commissioned to write a report about transposing PWD into Slovenian labour law, […]