Overview
- The ILO plenary approved the convention on Friday, June 12, 2026, creating the first international treaty aimed at workers in the digital platform economy.
- The text covers people working through apps regardless of their employment-status classification and requires states to guarantee rights such as freedom of association and collective bargaining.
- The convention requires governments to ensure health and safety, access to social security, and transparent, timely payment, including respect for minimum wages where they apply.
- The treaty will become active one year after at least two countries ratify it and will enter into force in each ratifying state one year after that country’s ratification.
- Several governments urged flexible national implementation and the text allows limited, justified exclusions, so the treaty’s real impact will depend on how countries interpret and apply its rules and how quickly they ratify it.