Remuneration in the Platform Economy: Assessing the Situation in Croatia

Predictable and sustainable earnings represent one of the crucial preconditions for achieving fair working conditions within the platform economy. This contribution seeks to critically examine the issue of remuneration of platform workers. Firstly, it offers an overview of the Croatian regulation of platform work under the national labour law. Then, the paper explores the key challenges that affect the earnings of platform workers. The author presents an in-depth analysis of remuneration of platform workers in Croatia, based on the relevant national labour law provisions and a case study of the food delivery platform Wolt. The author concludes by identifying the main obstacles to achieving fair and adequate remuneration for platform workers within the Croatian platform economy.