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Platform Workers Directive compliance tool

Directive (EU) 2024/2831 · European Union · Binding instrument

Name anyone on your staff. The system makes them your compliance person.

A member of your own staff, with no compliance background, reads the training module, answers the interview, and finishes with your Platform Workers Directive documentation cited article by article. The knowledge stays in the business.

Every account level runs inside a dedicated Claude account. Anyone can try a toolkit in their own Claude account; compliance work runs in a dedicated one. The Claude Max plan is £90 a month, paid to Anthropic, and is not included in any level.

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Platform Workers Directive is Directive (EU) 2024/2831, a binding instrument in the European Union. Employment status and algorithmic management rules for digital labour platforms.

The free assessment screens for Platform Workers Directive when a business operates online or provides digital services. The Directive binds digital labour platforms that organise work performed by individuals.

Sectors this instrument reaches: digital labour platforms.

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• Your exact position under Platform Workers Directive: what is in place, what is missing, and what to do about each gap.
• Documentation with article citations, ready for auditors, insurers, customers and public buyers.
• A trained person inside the business who understands what the regulation requires, and stays.
• A dated record of every section completed, with the reports themselves staying in your own Claude account. The toolkit is carried by an account level, see the plans.
• All of it completed in-house, at your own pace, without booking a single meeting.

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Does Platform Workers Directive apply to my business?

It applies to you if you run a digital labour platform that organises platform work performed in the Union, whatever your place of establishment. The Directive covers platforms regardless of the law otherwise applicable, provided the platform work is performed in the Union.

Who does Platform Workers Directive apply to?

It applies to digital labour platforms, to persons performing platform work, and to intermediaries. An intermediary is a person that contracts with both a platform and a person performing platform work, or sits in a subcontracting chain between them (Article 2(1)(e)).

Does Platform Workers Directive apply to a small business?

There is no size threshold for the Directive itself, but it carries SME provisions. SMEs including microenterprises may update the Article 17(1) information at least annually rather than every six months (Article 17(4)), and only platforms with more than 250 workers bear the expert costs under Article 13(3).

When does Platform Workers Directive apply from, and what are the deadlines?

The Directive entered into force on 1 December 2024 (Article 31) and Member States must transpose it by 2 December 2026 (Article 29(1)). The legal presumption applies from 2 December 2026, including to ongoing relationships entered into before that date (Article 5(6)).

What does Platform Workers Directive require me to do?

You must accept the legal presumption of employment (Article 5(1)), respect the data processing prohibitions (Article 7), carry out a data protection impact assessment (Article 8(1)), disclose automated systems (Article 9), keep human oversight (Article 10), and consult workers' representatives (Article 13(2)).

What records or documents does Platform Workers Directive require me to keep or produce?

You must provide a written statement of reasons for decisions restricting, suspending or terminating an account, refusing payment, or affecting contractual status, at the latest on the date the decision takes effect (Article 11(1)). You must also update workforce data covering worker numbers, terms and conditions, and intermediary relationships at least every six months (Article 17(4)).

What happens if I do not comply with Platform Workers Directive?

Infringements of Articles 7 to 11 attract administrative fines up to the Article 83(5) GDPR amounts, so up to EUR 20,000,000 or 4 per cent of total worldwide annual turnover, whichever is higher (Article 24(1)). Member States must also set effective, dissuasive and proportionate penalties for other infringements (Article 24(5)).

Does Platform Workers Directive apply to a UK business selling into the EU?

Yes. The Directive covers digital labour platforms irrespective of their place of establishment or the law otherwise applicable, provided the platform work is performed in the Union.

How do I start complying with Platform Workers Directive?

The first practical step is to accept that any contractual relationship with a person performing platform work is legally presumed to be an employment relationship where facts indicating direction and control are found, with the burden of proof on the platform to rebut it (Article 5(1)).

Which ComplianceSME account includes the Platform Workers Directive toolkit?

The Platform Workers Directive agent toolkit is included from the Small level.

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