DIGITALIZATION OF THE LABOUR MARKET: EUROPEAN UNION MEASURES TO ENSURE LEGAL PROTECTION FOR EMPLOYEES

Digitalization as a global phenomenon is fundamentally changing society in various areas, including the labour market. Digital technologies and the associated modernization are influencing the way work is organized and performed, posing a challenge for the European Union as an actor providing labour law protection to workers across member states. In this article, the authors address the issue of the legislative response of European Union bodies to current challenges in the transformation of labour relations in the digital age, while also paying attention to the necessary processes of transforming the legislative framework in the Slovak Republic. The issue has a significant ontological and philosophical dimension, as it touches on the very essence of human beings as subjects performing dependent work in the digital age. It
is an open scientific problem that is not archival in nature but is developing dynamically alongside technological and social progress.