Faced with legal uncertainties resulting from European treaties that can see online platforms employees being considered as companies, and therefore any potential collective agreements as illegal, the European Commission is looking to allow self-employed workers have access to the right to collective representation. As such, the European Commission is launching a consultation that will run from 06 January – 03 February, and will publish the results with a view to adopting future legislation. While the consultation is open to all, contributions from the self-employed, SMEs, social partners and national regulatory authorities are being particularly anticipated.
Legal certainty for collective agreements. The goal of this EU Consultation is to identify the best way to provide legal certainty to any future agreements concluded between those who are self-employed and their customers, including online platforms (Uber, Deliveroo…) that use their services. In France, the Frouin report issued in November (c.f. article No. 12258 in French), which focused specifically on platform workers, has set this as a necessary development for negotiations following the in
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