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If formally approved, the directive will also create the first EU rules on algorithmic management and the use of AI in the workplace (Photo: Unsplash)

EU agrees less ambitious rules on platform work

Platform workers in the EU such as taxi drivers, domestic workers and food delivery drivers are a step closer to better working conditions, after a new provisional agreement was reached under the Belgian EU presidency on Thursday (8 January).

The directive was originally proposed by the EU commission in December 2021, and a first provisional agreement was reached two years later — a deal that soon fell apart due to internal divisions ...

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Paula joined EUobserver in January 2023 and left for Euronews in 2024. Previously she worked for the Spanish online newspaper El Confidencial, where she covered mainly economic and financial affairs.

If formally approved, the directive will also create the first EU rules on algorithmic management and the use of AI in the workplace (Photo: Unsplash)

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Paula joined EUobserver in January 2023 and left for Euronews in 2024. Previously she worked for the Spanish online newspaper El Confidencial, where she covered mainly economic and financial affairs.

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