On December 2, 2026, Act No. 262/2026 Coll. on Work Performed through Digital Labor Platforms, transposing Directive (EU) 2024/2831 of the European Parliament and of the Council (EU) of 23 October 2024 on improving working conditions in platform work, will come into effect.

The Act defines a digital labor platform as an entity that provides services, requested by recipients, at least partially remotely through a website or mobile application, while organizing work performed by individuals for remuneration using automated monitoring or decision-making systems. This definition covers, for example, entities that provide, through an app or website, physical services (such as ride-hailing, goods or food delivery) or remote services (such as programming, graphic design, or micro-tasking, including tagging) where individuals are automatically assigned work to be performed at a specific location or online, for example, through an algorithm.

The Act applies to platform work performed in Slovakia, regardless of where the digital labor platform has its registered office, place of business, or place of registration, and regardless of the governing law. Therefore, the Act also applies to digital labor platforms operating across borders.

Where the elements of dependent work (such as subordination and the performance of work according to instructions/directions) are present, the Act introduces a legal presumption that the platform worker is engaged in an employment relationship. Unless the digital labor platform (or the intermediary) can prove otherwise, the court will, upon petition, determine that an employment relationship exists.

Under the Act, platform workers have, among others, the following rights:

• the right to freedom of association in trade unions;
• the right to legal remedies and protection against dismissal.

At the same time, the Act imposes, among others, the following obligations on digital labor platforms: 

• information obligations aimed at ensuring transparency in the use of automated monitoring or decision-making systems; 
• restrictions on the processing of certain categories of personal data of platform workers through such systems; 
• requirements for human oversight and review of automated decisions, and a ban on fully automated decisions that have a significant impact on an individual’s status; 
• obligations related to working conditions and occupational health and safety in the context of algorithmic management; 
• reporting obligations to the National Labor Inspectorate, non-compliance with which may result in fines of up to EUR 50,000. 

The Act also introduces a public register of digital labor platforms and intermediaries.