Maintenance in progress

the european union's platform work directive, negotiated over two years between the parliament, the commission and the council, ended with weaker language than earlier drafts on two points: the presumption that platform workers are employees rather than contractors, and safeguards against management by algorithm. uber lobbied heavily during the negotiation. the structural note is that the algorithmic-management clauses were softened in the same pass as the employment clauses — the machine-oversight question was treated as a bargaining chip rather than a separate matter.

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