Europe investigates 50 healthcare platforms

This is not the first time Brussels Puts the magnifying glass on the member states to check it all employment Carried out compliance with the established regulations. This time, it was digital platforms Those that aroused his interest due to the labor disputes that have arisen in relation to these companies in recent years.

The European Commission launched a specific study to determine the economic trends of EU digital platforms In the past five years, thus providing an overview of the fabric of online business today, after the emergence of As many as fifty such companies in the past five years.

The idea is to draw a “road map” that makes it possible to homogenize some of the lower bounds in the Workers’ working conditions Among these 27 platforms, such as considering them as paid employees and not as self-employed.

There are, specifically, 52 companies analyzed by health correlations, making health a One of the sectors with the fewest number of digital institutions of this type, just before rental and catering activities. The most numerous are those related to transportation and warehousing, with over 200 companies, followed by those that provide administrative and support services.

In terms of salaries, the health field appears among the lowest, according to the ‘Digital Platforms in the European Union’ study. Workers who devote themselves to this field will be paid less than those who develop their activity through the same means in areas such as education, transportation or communication.

Other than classifying it in this category, the agency did not disclose a specific activity for these companies, given the prevalence of those assigned to them. psychological attention In these months of the pandemic. It is likely, if any, that “most of them are included in the 50 health platforms,” ​​according to the details of these same sources.

Most of the supply of these European companies, and 90 percent is transportation and transportation services. 67 percent correspond to intermediaries such as taxis and delivery stocks, while home services account for the remaining 33 percent.

Thus, non-physical services, such as online service, freelance work, and competition-based work are only a tenth of the work on the platform.

Spain It is found, according to this same study, among European Union countries with Increased penetration of digital services companies, with 44 podiums, just behind Belgium (49) and France, which has more than double (89). However, if the volume of income generated by the workforce of these companies is taken into account, the ranking changes and our country drops to fourth place with 400 million euros, less than half that of Germany.