COGENS main findings
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND THE GIG ECONOMY: NEW PERSPECTIVES SUMMARY [1] I. GENERAL FRAMEWORK A variety of situations Gig economy is a latent issue, and its regulation is extremely diverse in the Member States of the European Union. This is particularly true for collective bargaining in this field. The variety of legal traditions regarding collective bargaining in the Member States is reflected by the variety of the Member States’ approaches towards (not) regulating collective bargaining for persons working in the gig economy. C ollective bargaining cannot be the single source of regulation in the gig economy, but must be complementary, to a smaller or larger extent, to statutory law. It is clear that constant communication between the different levels of regulation not only at national level, but also between European and national levels is required. The role of public authorities, not necessarily through legislation, is of utmost importance in many coun