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Platform economy workers (gig economy) : government agrees on criteria to determine whether platforms are an “employer”

During the night of 14 February 2022, the Belgian federal government has reached an agreement on measures enhancing employment rate, flexibility and work-life balance. This agreement also includes draft legislation on the legal status of platform economy workers, which will be submitted to the Parliament shortly. In a nutshell : the government has decided to keep…

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Draft EU Directive with control criteria to determine whether platforms are an “employer”

Proposal for an EU Directive seeking to ensure that people working through digital labour platforms are granted the legal employment status that corresponds to their actual work arrangement Further to the Commission Work Programme 2021 (published in October 2020), announcing a legislative initiative on improving the working conditions of platform workers by the end of…

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Platform workers – status update on EU legislative initiative

Legislative initiative on improving the working conditions of platform workers by the end of 2021 The Commission Work Programme 2021 (published in October 2020) announced a legislative initiative on improving the working conditions of platform workers by the end of 2021. This initiative will support the implementation of principles contained in the European Pillar of Social Rights (2017),…

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Does blowing the whistle on your employer give you a free pass to violate the law ?

Does blowing the whistle on your employer give you a free pass to violate the law ? Whistleblowing is a hot topic nowadays – even more so since the European Parliament approved Directive 2019/1937 on the protection of persons who report breaches of EU law. This Directive obliges the Member States to implement legislation that offers…

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The EU Whistleblowing Directive – The Road to Compliance

Session held on Tuesday, May 18, 2021 Register here. For the uniform establishment of whistleblower protection, the European Union issued the so-called Whistleblowing Directive (EU) 2019/1937 in the fall of 2019. It came into force on December 16, 2019 and must be transposed into national law by EU member states no later than December 17,…

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