1. 10. 2026
Important Changes for Digital Platforms Ahead
The Czech government has approved a draft act implementing the EU Platform Work Directive into Czech law.
The proposal may make it easier for platform workers to be treated as employees and may increase compliance requirements for automated workforce decisions.
A platform worker may be presumed to be an employee if the way the work is organised points to dependent work under the Czech Labour Code. The platform would then have to prove that at least one requirement for dependent work is not met. The Labour Code definition of dependent work is also expected to change.
Platforms will further need to explain how automated work-management systems operate and ensure effective human oversight and review. A human - not an algorithm alone - will have to make decisions that restrict or terminate a worker’s contract or user account.
The draft will now be submitted to Parliament and may still change during the legislative process. Its expected effective date is 1 January 2027.
Businesses using platform workers in the Czech Republic should not wait for the final law: they should review worker classification, automated decision-making etc. now, while monitoring the draft for changes during the legislative process.
By Mgr. Bc. Jaroslava Novotná
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