The flexibility of platform work and low administrative requirements allow many migrant workers to earn a living without facing high entry barriers into the EU labour market. While being a highly heterogeneous group, migrant workers often struggle to find suitable employment in the conventional labour market due to discrimination and linguistic barriers. For some, these obstacles are compounded by the difficulty of obtaining a residence or a work permit, making them more vulnerable to exploitation. At the same time, platforms rely heavily on migrants and other marginalised workers to sustain their business model.
In this project, the EPC’s
Migration and Diversity and
Social Europe and Well-Being programmes partnered up with the Competence Centre on the
Future of Work of the
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung to examine the issues faced by many migrant workers working through platforms and explore what policy solutions they can bring to the European Commission’s proposal for a Directive on improving working conditions for platform workers. This joint project will result in an EPC Policy Brief providing targeted recommendations.