Legal Presumption of Existence of an Employment Relationship in the Context of the So-called Digital Labour Platforms

The paper deals with the current proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council regarding the improvement of working conditions when working through digital platforms. The presented text is focused in particular on the legal presumption of the existence of an employment relationship between a digital labour platform and a person who performs work through the platform if the digital labour platform controls certain elements of the performed platform work.