Directive (EU) 2024/2831 creates a presumption of employment where a digital labour platform exercises control or direction over the work, and sets rules on algorithmic management. Member states must transpose it by 2 December 2026. A tracker dated 20 October 2026 lists six states as partly transposed, Slovakia's law as signed on 14 October, 11 states with bills in progress and nine, including Germany, not yet transposed. It reports that the French Labour Minister said on 11 September that France will not meet the deadline.
Key dates
- Done14 Oct 2026
Slovakia's transposing law signed; it takes effect on 2 December 2026, per a transposition tracker Teamed Global
- 2 Dec 2026
Deadline for member states to transpose the directive Global Workplace Insider
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Who it hits
What to prepare
- Map which last-mile capacity is sourced through apps with algorithmic allocation, including subcontractors.
- Track national transposition laws in your main delivery markets, since the presumption tests may differ by country.
Our reading
Sources
- The Platform Work Act: implementing the EU Platform Work Directive in the Netherlands · Global Workplace Insider · 2026-09
- Italy approves draft law transposing the EU Platform Work Directive · Remote Work Europe · 2026
- Germany moves forward on transposing the Platform Work Directive · DLA Piper · 2026
- EU Platform Work Directive: transposition tracker · Teamed Global · 2026-10-20
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