Dr David Mangan spoke at the European Trade Union Confederation’s Future of Work conference in Brussels on research that is being conducted with Karol Muszyński, and Valeria Pulignano. The presentation outlined how the EU’s new Platform Work Directive (PWD) and the Platform to Business Regulation (P2B) interact. These two instruments impact the working conditions protection for both employees and solo self-employed in the context of the assumed co-existence of these two groups on the same labour platforms. In particular, the P2B Regulation provides, amongst others points, rules pertaining to the restriction, suspension, and termination of contractual relationships between the platforms and business users, transparency requirements pertaining to terms and conditions of service, as well as obligations of platforms to provide explanation of the functioning of the ranking system that would in turn shape the position of not only business users. It remains to be further specified how the PWD and P2B Regulation (in addition to other instruments such as the new AI Act and the General Data Protection Act) would overlap. A video of the presentation is available on the ETUI’s YouTube page (starting around 1 hour 29 minutes). You may also see Professor Michael Doherty in the audience. The slides are also available.
David researches in the areas of employment/labour law and private law obligations (tort and contract), with a focus on the impact of information technology in these areas. David is a member of the editorial board of the European Labour Law Journal. He is co-editor of the Global Workplace Law & Policy blog. Recent publications include 'Why is freedom of the press adjunct to freedom of expression in Canada?' and ‘The platform discount: addressing unpaid work as a structural feature of labour platforms’ (co-authored with Karol Muszyński and Valeria Pulignano).
At the School of Law & Criminology, David leads the joint degree program with UC Lyon, as well as the Technology Law & Policy Centre. He is a Ph.D. supervisor with Advance CRT which is funded by the Irish Science Foundation. In 2024-2025, David is a Visiting Professor in the Marco Biagi Foundation at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia.