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Directive (EU) 2024/2831 CHAPTER IV — TRANSPARENCY WITH REGARD TO PLATFORM WORK

Article 16–Article 17 · 2 articles

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Declaration of platform work

Article 16

Member States shall require digital labour platforms to declare work performed by platform workers to the competent authorities of the Member State in which the work is performed, in accordance with the rules and procedures laid down in the law of the Member States concerned. This Article is without prejudice to specific obligations under Union law pursuant to which work is to be declared to relevant bodies of the Member State in cross-border situations.

Access to relevant information on platform work

Article 17

1.   Member States shall ensure that digital labour platforms make the following information available to competent authorities and to representatives of persons performing platform work: (a) the number of persons performing platform work through the digital labour platform concerned, disaggregated by level of activity, and their contractual or employment status; (b) the general terms and conditions determined by the digital labour platform and applicable to those contractual relationships; (c) the average duration of activity, the average weekly number of hours worked per person and the average income from activity of persons performing platform work on a regular basis through the digital labour platform concerned; (d) the intermediaries with which the digital labour platform has a contractual relationship. 2.   Member States shall ensure that digital labour platforms provide information on work performed by persons performing platform work and their employment status to competent authorities. 3.   The information referred to in paragraph 1 shall be provided for each Member State in which persons are performing platform work through the digital labour platform concerned. As regards point (c) of paragraph 1, the information shall be provided only upon request. 4.   The information referred to in paragraph 1 shall be updated at least every six months, and, as regards point (b) of paragraph 1 each time the terms and conditions are modified in substance. Notwithstanding the first subparagraph, with regard to digital labour platforms which are SMEs, including microenterprises, Member States may provide that the information referred to in paragraph 1 is to be updated at least once every year. 5.   The competent authorities and representatives of persons performing platform work shall have the right to ask digital labour platforms for additional clarifications and details regarding any of the information provided, including details regarding the employment contract. The digital labour platforms shall respond to such request by providing a substantiated reply without undue delay.

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