Platform work across Europe
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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 […]
