The Paris Criminal Court (Tribunal judiciaire de Paris) found meal delivery company Deliveroo guilty of ‘concealed’, unreported employment. In accordance with the prosecution’s request, the company was sentenced to the maximum fine of €375,000, and will have to pay each of the trade unions plaintiffs €50,000 in damages as well as display the court judgment on its website and applications for one month. Although two rulings by the Court of Cassation had already reclassified platform-based work contracts as employment contracts, this is the first trial to affect the gig economy in France. This is recognition for all Deliveroo delivery workers who should have employee status.
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