EU: Council adopts position proposing highly flexible presumption of salaried status for platform workers

As we previously reported, the Council of the European Union has opted to go against the European Parliament on the matter of platform work. At the second Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council, attended by EU labour ministers on 12 June, member states adopted by qualified majority their position on the proposal for a directive introducing a presumption of salaried status for platform workers, such as Uber drivers and Deliveroo delivery workers. While the European Commis