The Slovakian labour ministry has drafted a proposal for a general legal presumption of employment in the platform economy. The draft proposal reads:
“A contractual relationship between a digital labour platform or an intermediary and a person performing platform work shall be deemed to constitute an employment relationship if the person performing platform work or a representative of platform workers presents facts from which it may reasonably be inferred that the platform work is performed in a relationship of subordination to the digital labour platform or intermediary and under their instructions, and if the digital labour platform or intermediary fails, in court proceedings, to prove that the platform work is not performed in a relationship of subordination and under the instructions of the digital labour platform or intermediary.”
The proposal is still subject to consultation with social partners, after which it will go before the Slovak Parliament in the form of legislation.