EU plan – Better protection for delivery service drivers – Economy

The European Parliament wants to improve working conditions for employees of online platforms such as Bolt, Uber, Gorillas and other delivery services. The drivers are slaves to the algorithm, said the Social Democratic MEP Elisabetta Gualmini in a parliamentary session in Brussels. The EU Commission has proposed better protection for platform employees in the future. EU states and Parliament still have to agree on a compromise. According to the proposal, millions of platform employees could be classified as employees – and not as freelancers as before. This means that they are entitled to basic employee rights such as pension, health and unemployment insurance, said SPD MEP Gaby Bischoff.

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