プラットフォーム指令案成立へ一歩

というわけで、時差の関係で日本時間では今日になりましたが、昨日のEU労働社会相理事会でプラットフォーム労働指令案に合意されたことが理事会のホームページにもアップされています。

https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2023/06/12/rights-for-platform-workers-council-agrees-its-position/

The Council is ready to start negotiations with the European Parliament on a new law that will help millions of gig workers gain access to employment rights.

Today, ministers for employment and social affairs agreed on the Council’s general approach for a proposed directive to improve working conditions for platform workers.

The proposal introduces two key improvements: it helps determine the correct employment status of people working for digital platforms and establishes the first EU rules on the use of artificial intelligence in the workplace.

合意されたテキストはこちらになります。

https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-10107-2023-INIT/en/pdf

Article 4
Legal presumption
1. Unless Member States provide for more favourable provisions pursuant to Article 20, the relationship between a digital labour platform and a person performing platform work through that platform shall be legally presumed to be an employment relationship when the digital labour platform exerts control and direction over the performance of work by that person.

For the purpose of the previous subparagraph, exerting control and direction shall be understood as fulfilling, either by virtue of its applicable terms and conditions or in practice, at least three of the criteria below:
(a) The digital labour platform determines upper limits for the level of remuneration;
(b) The digital labour platform requires the person performing platform work to respect specific rules with regard to appearance, conduct towards the recipient of the service or performance of the work;
(c) The digital labour platform supervises the performance of work including by electronic means;
(d) The digital labour platform restricts the freedom, including through sanctions, to organise one’s work by limiting the discretion to choose one’s working hours or periods of absence;
(da) The digital labour platform restricts the freedom, including through sanctions, to organise one’s work by limiting the discretion to accept or to refuse tasks;
(db) The digital labour platform restricts the freedom, including through sanctions, to organise one’s work by limiting the discretion to use subcontractors or substitutes;
(e) The digital labour platform restricts the possibility to build a client base or to perform work for any third party.