This article summarises key issues related to digital platforms and their impact on the labour market. It first discusses the concept and spread of digital platforms, which can exacerbate labour market inequalities and worsen working conditions. It then looks at the European directives that address non-standard workers, particularly platform workers, focusing on the personal scope of application and the rebuttable presumption of an employment relationship. These directives have a significant impact on the coverage of digital platform workers, but raise questions about their adoption at the national level. The article also examines Polish regulations on employment relationships and the possible incorporation of a rebuttable presumption into Polish law in the context of the protective function of labour law.

Legal regulation of remote work was introduced to the Polish Labour Code by the Act of 1 December 2022 amending the Labour Code and certain other acts, which entered into force on 7 April 2023. The new legislation includes a legal definition of remote work. Remote work is a broader concept than the previously existing definitions of telework and teleworker. The essence of remote work is that it is carried out at a place indicated
by the employee and agreed in each case with the employer, this place being outside the employer’s premises.