Factsheets: Online Platforms and Platform Work

Wage and working conditions are not subject to law in Denmark, and are instead regulated by means of collective bargaining between unions and employers’ associations. The Danish government has recently launched a labour law analysis to reveal possibilities for a presumption rule.

Factsheet Denmark

In 2020, the Swedish Work Environment Authority conducted a public inquiry into working conditions across 25 platforms. Two important recommendations were made to such platforms as TaskRunner and Foodora to improve management of workplace injuries as part of the attempt to recognise their employers’ responsibilities.

Factsheet Sweden

There is currently no consensus on whether online platform companies are to be considered employers in Norway. According to Norwegian labour law, employment status is to be determined on a case-by-case basis. Platform companies vary in terms of the extent to which workers are dependent on, and subordinated to, the companies, the core criteria for determining employment status in Norwegian labour law.

Factsheet Norway

The government over the period 2019–2023 has proposed a revision of the Employment Contracts Act to prevent employment from coming about under the guise of other contractual relationships. This can be understood as a reference to platform work.

Factsheet Finland

There are two legislative acts concerned with the definition of platforms. The Act on Restraints of Competition is explicitly aimed at digital companies that are defined as companies with outstanding cross-market significance for competition and access to competition-relevant data. The act also introduces the legal notion of “intermediation power” to capture platform particularities. The Network Enforcement Act relates mainly to social media platforms, defining them as telemedia service providers which operate platforms on the Internet for profit.

Factsheet Germany