Platform work across Europe
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Lieferando riders demand direct employment in Berlin protest
Lieferando (Just Eat) riders marched to the German Government’s Economy Ministry in Berlin on Wednesday [20 May], calling on the government to introduce a direct employment mandate in the platform economy. The protest came as Lieferando announced plans to cut 100 more staff in the company’s IT department in Berlin. Last year, Lieferando fired 2,000 […]
Lieferando axe 2,000 jobs in Germany
Lieferando (Just Eat Takeaway) cut 2,000 jobs in Germany, as part of a major re-structuring of the country’s largest food delivery platform. The job cull, announced in July 2025, amounts to about 20% of the workforce. The company is also hiring riders via sub-contractors for the first time, having first trialled the move in Berlin. […]
Lieferando sacks all of its riders in Austria
Lieferando (Just Eat Takeaway) fired all of its riders in July 2025. The shock move saw 1,000 riders and 65 operational staff lose their jobs, as the company moves to a ‘self-employed’ model in the central European country. The mass firing came despite the fact that Lieferando Austria had previously singed collective agreements with the […]
Collective agreement Just Eat
In late 2021, the Spanish trade union confederations CCOO and UGT and the digital labour platform Just Eat signed the first collective agreement for such companies in Spain.The agreement has been assessed very positively by the Spanish trade union confederations and it provides for many advancements in rights, with basic monthly salary of 1.269,33 €, […]
Italy : Reclassification of Uber Eats, Deliveroo and Just Eat riders
Following a secret inquiry, the Milan Public Prosecutor’s Office has established that the employment relationship of riders working for different digital platforms (Foodinho, Glovo, UberEats, JustEat and Deliveroo) cannot be considered as occasional independent work, but must be reclassified as hetero-organized collaboration. The Court gave the companies 90 days to hire 60,000 workers. In case […]
Milan Public Prosecutor’s Office finds riders are employees
Following a secret investigation, the Milan public prosecutor’s office determined that the working relationship of couriers employed by various digital platforms (Foodinho, Glovo, Uber Eats, Just Eat, and Deliveroo) cannot be considered casual self-employment but must be reclassified as organized collaboration. The court gave the companies 90 days to hire 60,000 workers. If they fail […]
Trade Unions – Just Eat Agreement
On 29 March 2021, the Italian trade union confederations CGIL, CISL and UIL signed an important agreement with Just Eat. Thanks to this, the Logistics National Collective Bargaining Agreement will apply to Just Eat’s workers. This company’s riders will thus have access to a fair wage, labour rights, as well as social protection, and health […]