Social Law 4.0: Update: Innovative Approaches to Ensuring and Financing Social Protection for Platform Workers in Europe

Prof. Dr. Ulrich Becker LL.M.; Olga Chesalina LL.M.

doi:10.5771/9783748960584

Summary

Platform work continues to grow. This is also true in European countries, where it poses challenges for access to social security systems and their financing. The book “Social 4.0”, published in 2021, examines these challenges and presents innovative solutions in different countries and in European cooperation. Four years on, in which the practical difficulties have become even more apparent, the “Update” asks whether the solutions have worked and what further developments have taken place. Short reports from Belgium, Italy, the United Kingdom, France, Sweden and the Netherlands answer these questions. They are complemented by insights into EU social and tax law. In a detailed concluding chapter, the findings of both books are systematically summarised, evaluated comparatively and guidelines for future legislative responses are presented.With contributions byProf. Dr. Eduardo Ales | Prof. Dr. Ulrich Becker, LL.M. (EUI) | Charlotte Bruynseraede, Ph.D. | Olga Chesalina, Ph.D., LL.M. | Emilia D’Avino, Ph.D. | Prof. Dr. Yves Jorens | Prof. Dr. Francis Kessler | Ass. Prof. Dr. Philip Larkin | Ass. Prof. Dr. Saskia Montebovi | Prof. Katerina Pantazatou, Ph.D. | Prof. Dr. Paul Schoukens | Prof. Dr. Grega Strban | Prof. Dr. Gijsbert Vonk | Prof. Dr. Annamaria Westregård

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Copyright year: 2025
ISBN-Print: 978-3-7560-3174-0
ISBN-Online: 978-3-7489-6058-4
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Studien aus dem Max-Planck-Institut für Sozialrecht und Sozialpolitik
Volume: 82
Language: English
Pages: 183
Product type: Edited Book

Titelei/InhaltsverzeichnisPages 1 - 8 Download chapter (PDF)
1. Yves Jorens Download chapter (PDF)
  1. I. Introduction
  2. II. Legislation and Legal Framework
  3. III. Case Law
  4. IV. Recent Developments and Outlook
  5. V. Conclusion
2. Edoardo Ales, Emilia D’Avino Download chapter (PDF)
  1. I. Introduction
  2. II. Subordination and Autonomy: A Political and Legal Issue
  3. III. Coordination: From Labour to Social Security Protection
  4. IV. The Extension of Subordinated Social Protection to Autonomous Work
  5. V. Platform Work as a Modality of (“False”) Autonomous Work
  6. VI. Conclusion
3. Philip Larkin Download chapter (PDF)
  1. I. Introduction
  2. II. Present Operation of Universal Credit and Non-Standard Forms of Work
  3. 1. 1. Reform of the UK Social Security System
    2. 2. Proposed Legislative Reforms to Non-Standard Forms of Employment
4. Annamaria Westregård Download chapter (PDF)
  1. I. Introduction
  2. 1. 1. a) General News in Legislation with Impact on Platform and Umbrella Company Workers
      2. b) New Practice from the Labour Court
      3. c) Collective Agreements Concluded for Platform and Umbrella Company Workers
    2. 1. a) New Practice from the Administrative Courts
      2. b) Proposed New Legislation
  3. 1. 1. Sickness Benefits
    2. 2. Unemployment Benefits
  4. IV. The Directive on Improving Working Conditions in Platform Work
  5. V. Conclusion
5. Saskia Montebovi, Gijsbert Vonk Download chapter (PDF)
  1. I. Introduction
  2. 1. 1. Web Module for Employment Relationship Assessment
    2. 1. a) Report of Borstlap Commission – January 2020
      2. b) Report of WRR – January 2020
      3. c) Report of SER – June 2021
    3. 3. Incapacity for Work – A Compulsory Scheme for Public Insurance
    4. 4. Representation of the Self-Employed
    5. 5. Platform Work and Qualification by Presumption of Law – Legislative Proposal October 2023
  3. III. Case Law
  4. IV. Conclusion
6. Francis Kessler Download chapter (PDF)
  1. I. Introduction
  2. II. Slight Changes Since 2020
  3. III. Voluntary Private Insurance
  4. IV. Social Protection and Collective Agreements for Platform Workers?
  5. V. The Status of Platform Workers Still under Debate
  6. VI. Conclusion: Towards a Compulsory Levy of Contributions by Digital Platforms?
1. Paul Schoukens, Charlotte Bruynseraede Download chapter (PDF)
  1. I. Introduction
  2. II. Challenges for Platform Workers as Discussed in Previous Paper
  3. 1. 1. National Action Plans Following the Recommendation on Access to Social Protection
    2. 2. The Directive on Improving Working Conditions in Platform Work
    3. 3. Directive (EU) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 October 2022 on Adequate Minimum Wages in the European Union
    4. 4. Guidelines on the Application of Union Competition Law to Collective Agreements Regarding the Working Conditions of Solo Self-Employed Persons
  4. IV. Conclusion
2. Grega Strban Download chapter (PDF)
  1. I. Introduction
  2. 1. 1. Centre of Professional or Business Activities
    2. 2. A Genuine EU Social Security Scheme
    3. 3. Multilateral Administrative Agreement
  3. III. Providing Access to Social Assistance
  4. IV. Conclusion
3. Katerina Pantazatou Download chapter (PDF)
  1. I. Introduction
  2. 1. 1. DAC7 Content and Relevance
    2. 2. Remaining Questions and Problems
    3. 3. Can Social Security Learn Anything from Taxation?
1. Ulrich Becker, Olga Chesalina Download chapter (PDF)
  1. I. Introduction
  2. 1. 1. a) Definition of Platform Work
      2. b) Figures
      3. c) Types of Activity
    2. 1. aa) Systematisation
        bb) Possible Gaps
      2. aa) Role of Status
        bb) Consequences
        cc) Strategies for the Extension of Social Protection
      3. c) The Role of the EU
  3. 1. 1. a) Interpretation: The Role of Courts
      2. aa) New Categories
        bb) Weaknesses
        cc) Background: Labour Market Policy
        dd) Procedures: Presumption Rules
      3. c) Contractual Determination: The Role of Private Parties
    2. 2. Re-Reaction: Avoidance Strategy of Platform Providers
  4. 1. 1. Formal Access
    2. 2. Effective Access
    3. 3. Transparent Access
  5. 1. 1. Individual Solutions
    2. 2. Collective Agreements
  6. 1. 1. Involving Platforms in the Financing of Social Security for Platform Workers
    2. 2. Income Reporting Systems and Collection of Social Contributions
  7. VII. Conclusion
List of AuthorsPages 183 - 183 Download chapter (PDF)