Elisabetta Gualmini (S&D, IT), rapporteur, and Dragoş Pîslaru (Renew, RO), Employment and Social Affairs Committee Chair will participate in the press conference.
When: Wednesday 13 December, 11.00 – 11.30 CET
Where: Daphne Caruana Galizia press conference room (WEISS N -1/201), European Parliament in Strasbourg.
How: Accredited media representatives can attend the press conference in person. Journalists wishing to ask questions remotely need to connect via Interactio.
The press conference will also be web streamed live and recorded on Parliament’s Multimedia Centre.
Background
European Commission analysis from 2021 found that there are more than 500 digital labour platforms active and the sector employs more than 28 million people – a figure expected to reach 43 million by 2025. Digital labour platforms are present in a variety of economic sectors, be it “on location”, such as ride-hailing and food delivery drivers, or online with services such as data encoding and translation.
While most platform workers are formally self-employed, about 5.5 million people may be wrongly classified as self-employed. The new rules aim to ensure the employment status of people performing platform work is correctly classified and will introduce the first ever EU-rules on algorithmic management and the use of artificial intelligence in the workplace.
Information for the media – using Interactio to ask questions
When connecting, enter your name and the media you are representing in the first name / last name fields. For better sound quality, use headphones and a microphone. Interpretation is only possible for interventions with video.
Journalists who have never used Interactio before are asked to connect 30 minutes before the start of the press conference to perform a connection test. IT assistance can be provided if necessary. When connected, open the chat window (upper right corner) to be able to see the service messages.
For more details, check the connection guidelines and recommendations for remote speakers.
