EU Platform Work Directive: transposition tracker
Who is live, who is late, and who is still drafting. The status of the EU Platform Work Directive, member state by member state, ahead of the 2 December 2026 deadline.
As of 11 August 2026 no EU member state has fully transposed the Platform Work Directive, and none has yet notified a transposition measure to the European Commission. Italy is the furthest ahead: its rider presumption has been in force since May 2026, and the decree transposing the Directive in full, given preliminary approval on 23 July 2026, is now with the parliamentary committees. Drafting picked up over the summer, with Spain publishing a full transposing bill for consultation on 30 July 2026 and Poland entering its platform work bill in the government legislative programme on 4 August 2026. In total 4 states (Italy, Spain, Belgium and Portugal) already have a platform-work presumption of employment in national law; 5 are drafting; and 18 have not started. The deadline to write it into national law is 2 December 2026.
Member state status
| Member state | Status | Presumption of employment | National law in force |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | Partly in force | Yes | 1 January 2023 |
| Italy | Partly in force | Yes | 1 May 2026 |
| Portugal | Partly in force | Yes | 1 May 2023 |
| Spain | Partly in force | Yes | 12 August 2021 |
| Bulgaria | Bill in progress | Not yet | Not yet (deadline 2 Dec 2026) |
| Czechia | Bill in progress | Proposed in draft | Not yet (deadline 2 Dec 2026) |
| Estonia | Bill in progress | Not yet | Not yet (deadline 2 Dec 2026) |
| Finland | Bill in progress | Drafted, not yet in force (in consultation) | Not yet (draft targets 2 Dec 2026) |
| France | Bill in progress | Not yet | Not yet (deadline 2 Dec 2026) |
| Germany | Bill in progress | Proposed in draft | Not yet (deadline 2 Dec 2026) |
| Ireland | Bill in progress | Not yet | Not yet (deadline 2 Dec 2026) |
| Lithuania | Bill in progress | Proposed in draft | Not yet (deadline 2 Dec 2026) |
| Luxembourg | Bill in progress | Not yet | Not yet (deadline 2 Dec 2026) |
| Netherlands | Bill in progress | Proposed in draft | Not yet (deadline 2 Dec 2026) |
| Poland | Bill in progress | Proposed in draft | Not yet (deadline 2 Dec 2026) |
| Slovakia | Bill in progress | Not yet — introduced in a bill before parliament (1st reading passed, in committee) | Not yet — bill in committee after 1st reading, targets 2 Dec 2026 |
| Sweden | Bill in progress | Proposed in draft bill; not yet in force | Not yet (deadline 2 Dec 2026) |
| Austria | Not yet transposed | Not yet | Not yet (deadline 2 Dec 2026) |
| Croatia | Not yet transposed | Not yet | Not yet (deadline 2 Dec 2026) |
| Cyprus | Not yet transposed | Not yet | Not yet (deadline 2 Dec 2026) |
| Denmark | Not yet transposed | Not yet | Not yet (deadline 2 Dec 2026) |
| Greece | Not yet transposed | Not yet | Not yet (deadline 2 Dec 2026) |
| Hungary | Not yet transposed | Not yet | Not yet (deadline 2 Dec 2026) |
| Latvia | Not yet transposed | Not yet | Not yet (deadline 2 Dec 2026) |
| Malta | Not yet transposed | Not yet | Not yet (deadline 2 Dec 2026) |
| Romania | Not yet transposed | Not yet | Not yet (deadline 2 Dec 2026) |
| Slovenia | Not yet transposed | Not yet | Not yet (deadline 2 Dec 2026) |
How to read this
Status reflects whether a national law transposing the Directive is in force, partly in force, passed but not yet effective, in progress as a bill, or not yet started. Each row links to the full country page. This tracker is reviewed regularly as member states move, and the position is checked against primary sources on the dates shown.
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