Recital 59

There is evidence of the use of undeclared work in delivery platforms in several Member States. That practice is carried out through rented identities, where persons performing platform work who have the right to work register with the digital labour platform and rent their accounts to undocumented migrants or to minors. This entails a lack of protection of those persons, including illegally staying third-country nationals, whose situation often results in a limitation to access to justice for fear of retaliation or risk of deportation. Directive 2009/52/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council ⁽¹⁵⁾ provides for minimum standards on sanctions and measures against employers of illegally staying third-country nationals. The transparency obligations and the rules on intermediaries laid down in this Directive strongly contribute, together with Directive 2009/52/EC, to address the issue of undeclared work in platform work. Furthermore, it is key that digital labour platforms ensure reliable verification of the identity of persons performing platform work.