Let’s dash any hopes right away: no, the draft bill proposed by the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy—intended to implement the EU Platform Work Directive—changes nothing in this regard. Essentially, the bill cements the status quo.
Of course, the Ministry does impose certain obligations on Fleet Partners (i.e., all intermediaries between the worker and the Platform). For instance, a Fleet Partner must inform the Platform about the individuals with whom they have signed a contract. However, they do this solely to enable the Platform to fulfill its own obligations. This means that if they fail to do so, the Platform has no way to meet its new obligations (which actually suits the Platform just fine), and the Partner faces little risk of consequences. It has long been common knowledge that a “Partner” operating under a single brand name is, legally speaking, a network of companies scattered across the country—or even abroad. Furthermore, we have yet to encounter a single instance of a successful Labour Inspectorate audit of any Fleet Partner.
So, just as we have been robbed by Fleet Partners in the past, we will continue to be; the implementation of the Directive will change nothing in this respect.
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The article above is part of our “Implementing the Directive” series. If you have your own comments and insights, or a different point of view, we invite you to join the discussion.
And one more thing:
THERE ARE 2 MONTHS AND 1 DAY LEFT UNTIL THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLATFORM WORK DIRECTIVE.