What's Going on in Europe?

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Gig economy in europe is very dependent on where you are. It's split into really two types of walkers, at would argue, on line cloud walkers who can do the work from anywhere in the world and vital food elivery walkeders. The majority of gig walkers are still self employed in europe. There was an important case recently in denmark, where a domestic platform called hellfor had agreed tat collective bargainingagre of a union called fre f bot. But because they were self employed, they couldn't continue with the collective bargain agreement. Only in the u k has uba responded by hiring over drivers as walkers.

Paris Marx is joined by Ben Wray to discuss the state of the gig economy in Europe, including the Spanish riders law, recent court ruling on employment status in the Netherlands, strikes in Germany and Greece, and the forthcoming platform workers directive from the European Commission.

Ben Wray is a coordinator at the Gig Economy Project and a freelance journalist. Follow Ben on Twitter at @Ben_Wray1989.

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