Industry Slams Provisional EU Deal on Gig Workers’ Labor Rights
- Ride-hailing industry calls on EU countries to reject proposal
- Previous plan in December failed to attract enough support
A Just Eat Takeaway.com food delivery worker carries a customer order in Berlin, Germany.
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The ride-hailing industry criticized a provisional deal struck on Thursday by European Union negotiators that aims to strengthen gig workers’ employment rights.
The proposed regulation would ensure people working for platforms like Uber Technologies Inc., Deliveroo Plc and others are able to more easily challenge their employment status, and puts the onus on platforms to prove a worker is not an employee, according to a European Parliament statement.