The employment status of food delivery riders in Europe and the UK: Self-employed or worker?

Online platforms are revolutionizing our daily lives in an attempt to make it easier by offering innovative services. They also have introduced radical new business models which provide a type of flexible working, facilitating employment. While revolutionary vehicles, they denied workers status, resulting food delivery riders facing precarious working conditions. The current regulatory framework is underdeveloped and unable guarantee basic social rights platform workers, except for Spain. At the same time, fighting get some form recognition protection. Consequently, courts been increasingly requested determine riders’ legal status. However, struggling characterizing those employment relationships disparities. For instance, Cour de Cassation France has established that employer-employee relationship existed while UK High Court worker status Deliveroo riders. This lack harmonization different rulings could result application EU rules countries but not others. It might, therefore, be time start recognizing regulating these jobs offer better protections.