The Supreme Court ruled that riders working for the meal delivery platform Deliveroo are employees, not self-employed. The Supreme Court ruled in the long-running case that the union FNV has brought against meal delivery platform Deliveroo. In its ruling, the Supreme Court follows the advice of the Advocate General and previous rulings at lower courts: Deliveroo’s riders are not self-employed and were actually employees. According to the FNV, this ruling is of much wider significance than Deliveroo – which pulled out of the country in 2022 – and will also affect the employment status of workers for other online platforms.
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