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 (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 (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 […]

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 €, […]

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 […]