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Challenges and Uncertainties Surrounding the Platform Work Directive
Efforts to improve the working conditions of platform workers within the European Union faced a major setback as a group of Member States declined to support the latest deal on the Platform Work Directive last month. As discussions continue, the timing of the impasse raises concerns about the future...
Law
Sustainable employment: an interdisciplinary workshop to provide a unique platform for research and practice to meet, to discuss and to experience different perspectives on sustainable employment
Sustainable employment addresses any action that creates the right conditions for employees to have a long, healthy, and happy career. The high societal relevance of sustainable employment encouraged MORSE researchers to organize an interdisciplinary workshop to provide a unique platform for research...
Platform liability for unsafe products sold by third party sellers
Some of the favourite expressions of online platform providers around the world are that they ‘only offer a platform’ and are ‘in no way responsible for statements made or goods offered by third parties on their platform’. However, recent US case law held Amazon liable for physical harm caused by...
Law
Regulating Big Tech Platforms: which is the way?
As Big Tech Platforms increasingly become unavoidable actors in digital markets, there seems to be a consensus in the EU, UK and USA that legislative action must be taken to tame their power. However, there are several notable differences in the way in which they suggest to design this regulatory...
Law
What’s on Europe’s plate? Science, policy and the future of food
Together with regulators, food experts, and civil society representatives, Studio Europa Maastricht explores how European citizens’ diets are shaped by science, policy, and technological innovation.26 Nov