Researchers Marie Heřmanová and Markéta Švarcová have published a Policy Paper offering insight into the everyday realities of people working for digital platforms in the Czech Republic. Based on interviews with couriers, drivers, and online creators, the authors show that behind the apparent flexibility of platform work often lie insecurity, low earnings, and dependence on non-transparent algorithms. The Policy Paper highlights that the current legal framework fails to reflect this form of work and allows responsibility and risks to be shifted onto individuals. The authors therefore emphasize the need for a thorough transposition of the EU Directive on Platform Work, which should strengthen workers’ protection and ensure more transparent platform governance. According to Heřmanová and Švarcová, it is essential that the debate on the digital economy address not only technological innovation, but also social justice and labour rights.
https://www.syri.cz/data/uploadHTML/files/PUBLIKACE/syri-platformova-prace-v-ceske-republice.pdf