At 7.40 a.m. on Wednesday morning, it was clear: after almost twelve hours of talks, the negotiators in the trilogue on the Platform Work Directive were able to agree on a common line to combat bogus self-employment on the major digital platforms. It would be the world’s first such regulation for these platforms. Among other things, the plan agreed upon in the trilogue provides for a reversal of the burden of proof, meaning that it is not the employees who have to prove that they are in fact employees, but the platforms who have to prove the opposite. The new regulations should also apply to employees who are employed via subcontractors.