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Just Eat Takeaway moves to ‘hybrid’ model in Belgium
Just Eat Takeaway announced on 1 October that it will move to what they call a “hybrid model”, working with (bogus) self-employed riders as well as some employees. Until now, Just Eat Takeaway was, in Belgium, the only meal-delivery platform working only with employees (directly hired and sub-contracted workers). The union fears that the employed […]
Lower court finds the legal presumption of employment can be rebutted and an Uber Eats courier should be self-employed
A lower court has found the legal employment presumption can be rebutted and an Uber Eats courier should be self-employed. In 2024, the administrative commission for qualification of work had decided that three Uber Eats meal delivery workers who had pursued a case of employment misclassification against the platform had to be qualified as working […]
Uber fails to rebut driver’s legal presumption of employment
The Brussels Labour Court found in June 2025 that an Uber ride hail driver is an employee, overturning the decision of a lower court which had found in favour of Uber in December 2022. Belgium established a new legal presumption of employment in the platform economy in 2023, but this case was first brought forward […]
Belgium
Consultations with the social partners at the National Work Council have taken place on the Platform Work Directive. Additionally, meetings have been held with the competent ministries (the ministry of work, ministry of social security and social affairs and the ministry of justice). The union representatives have collectively agreed that for the Platform Work Directive […]