Platform Work Directive
Czech Republic

Czech Republic

The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs has consulted with social partners and developed a draft proposal for the transposition of the Platform Work Directive which would change the definition of dependent work in Czech Republic. This proposal is currently under public consultation.

ČMKOS, the Czech-Moravian Confederation of Trade Unions, has submitted a detailed response to the draft proposal which is critical of the changes proposed to the definition of dependent work, arguing that this is not necessary for the transposition of the Platform Work Directive and risks that only blue-collar workers would be considered employees. ČMKOS has also argued for an administrative procedure for platform workers to trigger the legal presumption of employment, as under the current draft proposal platform workers would have to go to court to trigger the presumption.

You can access full information on the current draft proposal and the responses to it from social partners here.