The EU Platform Work Directive and Its Future Implementation Across Member States (in Korean language)

Despite growing recognition of the “platformisation” of work, the regulatory responses across EU Member States have been uneven and fragmented. Some national legislatures have introduced targeted interventions, while courts have been called upon to reassess the classification of platform workers under existing employment tests. Courts have become a central arena in which the boundaries between employment and self-employment are redrawn. Yet, judicial reasoning alone cannot fully resolve the structural ambiguities embedded in platform work. The diversity of legislative approaches, combined with the cross-border nature of digital labour, underscored the need for a coherent European framework. Against this background, in December 2021 the European Commission initiated a legislative process that culminated in the adoption of Directive 2024/2831/EU on improving working conditions in platform work. The Directive represents a milestone in the regulation of platform work and marks a substantive advancement in the protection of platform workers’ conditions.