Redefining the Bill Platform Work Act: A Case Study of Czech Legislation

A Czech Bill of the Platform Work Act has been lodged with the House of Commons of Czech Parliament. In formal terms, the proposal controversially amends a fundamental defining element of labour law—the statutory definition of dependent work. This article aims to highlight judicial findings and international approaches, from which it follows that it was not the Czech but the Slovak legislature that adequately fulfilled the aim and purpose of the Platform Work Directive. The Czech approach, in essence, is a reaction to Czech case law—an attempt by the ministry to change the courts’ approach to dependent work through a legislatively clumsy measure.