The Ministry of Economic Affairs has completed a draft law on platform work aimed at improving working conditions for couriers and ride-hailing drivers. According to Bolt, however, the legislation would not significantly change anything for them if it becomes law.
The Ministry of Economic Affairs has sent interest groups a draft law intended to make the organization of platform work more transparent and clearer overall.
In doing so, the ministry aims to minimally transpose an EU directive that sparked heated debate across the bloc just a few years ago. News outlet Euractiv reported, for example, on how Bolt engaged in aggressive lobbying and at one point even drafted a working version of the Estonian government’s position in opposition to the directive.
The bill is intended to ensure that work performed on platforms such as Bolt, Wolt, Forus and Uber is carried out under the appropriate type of contract.
In disputes between workers and employers, a so-called reversed burden of proof would apply. For example, if a person works for a platform but the company refuses to offer an employment contract and instead argues that the individual is an independent service provider, the main burden of proof would fall on the company.
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