Recital 15

The Commission has undertaken a two-stage consultation of the social partners, in accordance with Article 154 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), on the improvement of working conditions in platform work. This did not result in an agreement among the social partners to enter into negotiations with regard to those matters. It is, however, important to take action in this area at Union level by adapting the current legal framework to the emergence of platform work, including as regards the use of automated monitoring systems and automated decision-making systems. In addition, the Commission has held extensive exchanges with relevant stakeholders, including digital labour platforms, associations of persons performing platform work, experts from academia, Member States and international organisations, and representatives of civil society.