Platform work across Europe
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UK : Supreme Court rules that Uber drivers are entitled to workers rights
The UK supreme court has dismissed Uber’s appeal against the 2016 landmark employment tribunal ruling that its drivers should be classed as workers with access to the minimum wage and paid holidays. The court concluded that the drivers were workers because of Uber’s level of control over them, including setting fares and not informing them […]
UK : Court of Appeal in England and Wales rejects Deliveroo delivery worker’s claim for reclassification as a worker
Britain’s Court of Appeal confirmed on Thursday that riders for food delivery firm Deliveroo were self-employed, dismissing a union appeal against past judgments on their status. The Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) had applied to the Central Arbitration Committee (CAC) to be recognised by Deliveroo for collective bargaining in respect of a group […]
Finnish Supreme Court confirms that Wolt riders are employees
The President of Finnish union PAM called on Wolt to end the “delaying tactics” and employ its riders, after the Finnish Supreme Administrative Court rejected the food delivery platform’s appeal on 19 March 2026. Wolt was seeking to overturn the decision of Finland’s highest court last May, which found that Wolt riders meet all the […]
Italian judiciary takes partial control of Glovo and Deliveroo
The Italian judiciary’s bid to clean-up the Italian food delivery industry expanded in March 2026 to include Deliveroo. Just weeks after Milan public prosecutors took partial judicial control over Glovo to end alleged illegal labour practices at the company, the same prosecutors were authorised by a judge to do the same at its largest competitor, […]
Dutch Court of Appeal says Uber driver employment status must be decided case-by-case
The Dutch Court of Appeal has ruled that the employment status of Uber drivers cannot be determined on a collective basis. Instead, thousands of drivers must have their case assessed individually, court case by court case. The ruling is a setback for the FNV union, which won a case at a lower court in 2021 […]
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 […]
Portuguese Supreme Court finds Glovo rider meets criteria to be an employee
Food delivery couriers for Glovo are employees, the Portuguese Supreme Court of Justice (STJ) found on May 28 2025, bringing clarity to a legal dispute over the issue in the southern European country. Portugal introduced a rebuttable legal presumption of employment in the platform economy to its labour code in May 2023, based on a […]
Court of Brussels rules that Uber driver is self-employed
In December 2022, the Brussels labour court ruled in favour of Uber in a case filed by an Uber driver against the digital labour platform on the classification of the worker as employee. The ruling stated that “Uber had no hierarchical control over the driver, that he was free to organize his own work”.
Uber recognises collective dismissal and pays severance to more than 4000 workers
On 13 December 2022, Uber agreed to settle with the Spanish Unions CCOO and UGT and to recognise the collective dismissal of 4.404 workers for its food delivery division, Portier Eats. Uber dismissed these workers in August 2021, after the entry into force of the Spanish “ley riders” (riders’ law). Considering this as a mass […]