Fairwork Poland Ratings 2025: Silence Before the Storm? Social Security Protection in Polish Platform Work a Year Ahead of the Platform Work Directive

This second Fairwork report for Poland analyses digital labour platforms within the context of an evolving labour market and ongoing policy discussions on the EU Directive on improving working conditions in platform work.

The study assesses seven platforms operating in the ride­‑hailing, food delivery, and domestic care sectors, evaluating them against the five Fairwork principles: fair pay, fair conditions, fair contracts, fair management, and fair representation.

The report finds that working conditions have not improved compared to the 2024 Fairwork report. Platform workers continue to face serious challenges, including pay instability and lack of transparency, limited access to basic social protections and insurance, and underdeveloped systems of workplace support. These issues are further compounded by the complex contractual arrangements prevalent in platform work and certain features of the Polish social security regulatory framework. In particular, young working students – who constitute a significant share of the platform workforce – remain effectively excluded from many social security protections.