This issue combines the contributions to the annual conference on ‘Exploring ways to improve working conditions of platform workers: the role of EU labour law’ that was hosted by DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion of the European Commission under the umbrella of the European Centre of Expertise (ECE) in the field of labour law, employment and labour market policies. The conference addressed the possible legal responses to the new challenges raised by platform work, focusing on the evolution of the notion of worker in the context of the platform economy. It also provided an extra-EU perspective, analysing the latest regulatory developments on platform work in the United States.

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本期结合了对“探索改善平台工人工作条件的方法：欧盟劳动法的作用”年会的贡献，该年会由欧盟委员会就业、社会事务和包容总司在欧洲中心的保护下主办劳动法、就业和劳动力市场政策领域的专业知识 (ECE)。会议讨论了对平台工作带来的新挑战的可能的法律回应，重点关注平台经济背景下工人概念的演变。它还提供了欧盟以外的视角，分析了美国平台工作的最新监管发展。