1. The purpose of this Directive is to improve working conditions and the protection of personal data in platform work by:
(a)
introducing measures to facilitate the determination of the correct employment status of persons performing platform work;
(b)
promoting transparency, fairness, human oversight, safety and accountability in algorithmic management in platform work; and
(c)
improving transparency with regard to platform work, including in cross-border situations.
2. This Directive lays down minimum rights that apply to every person performing platform work in the Union who has or who, on the basis of an assessment of the facts, is deemed to have an employment contract or employment relationship as defined by the law, collective agreements or practice in force in the Member States with consideration to the case-law of the Court of Justice.
This Directive also lays down rules to improve the protection of natural persons in relation to the processing of their personal data by providing measures on algorithmic management applicable to persons performing platform work in the Union, including those who do not have an employment contract or employment relationship.
3. This Directive applies to digital labour platforms organising platform work performed in the Union, irrespective of their place of establishment or of the law otherwise applicable.