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 1 July 2026 no EU member state has fully transposed the Platform Work Directive. Italy is the furthest ahead, with an in-force rider presumption from May 2026; 4 states in total (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 |
| 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) |
| Netherlands | Bill in progress | Proposed in draft | Not yet (deadline 2 Dec 2026) |
| Poland | Bill in progress | Not yet | Not yet (deadline 2 Dec 2026) |
| Austria | Not yet transposed | Not yet | Not yet (deadline 2 Dec 2026) |
| Bulgaria | 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) |
| Czechia | Not yet transposed | Not yet | Not yet (deadline 2 Dec 2026) |
| Denmark | Not yet transposed | Not yet | Not yet (deadline 2 Dec 2026) |
| Estonia | Not yet transposed | Not yet | Not yet (deadline 2 Dec 2026) |
| Finland | 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) |
| Lithuania | Not yet transposed | Not yet | Not yet (deadline 2 Dec 2026) |
| Luxembourg | 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) |
| Slovakia | Not yet transposed | Not yet | Not yet (deadline 2 Dec 2026) |
| Slovenia | Not yet transposed | Not yet | Not yet (deadline 2 Dec 2026) |
| Sweden | 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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