EU: platform workers directive on hold

Although the Spanish Presidency of the European Union (which ran until December 31) had reached a compromise in trialogue talks on a proposed directive to improve working conditions for platform workers, some states, led by France, voted against its adoption in the EU Council. One of the von der Leyen Commission’s flagship social policies, which was to bring about the principle of a presumption of employee status for individuals working for digital platforms, falsely classified as self-employed