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EU Commission: Gig economy companies required to prove workers are not employees
09/12/2021
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John van der Luit-Drummond, Editor

The European Commission has proposed new legislation that would give gig economy workers the same employment rights as those in full employment.

The long-awaited new rules follow Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s political guidelines that said the EU must “look at ways of improving the labour conditions of platform workers”.