Online Platforms and Platform Work Italy Legally binding definition of online platforms Specific register of online platforms Specific regulation applicable to online platforms Online platforms are considered to be employers Based on the Legislative Decree of 2015 (amended in 2019), digital platforms are deemed to be computer programs and procedures of companies that, regardless of the place of establishment, organise acti­vities involving the delivery of goods, while fixing the price and determining the mode ‘of execution of the service”. Italian workers have access to more than 100 online labour platforms. The operations of global platforms doing business in Italy has significantly increased in the last couple of years. The number of workers is estimated at between 700,000 and 1 million according to research carried out by Fondazione Rodolfo DeBenedetti in 2018. For example, the food-delivery sector has been dominated by five international platforms: Deliveroo, Glovo, Foodora, Uber Eats and Takeaway.com.