Companies unhappy as EU countries amend draft proposal on gig workers’ rights

The criteria are supervising the performance of workers through electronic means, restricting their ability to choose their working hours, and restricting their tasks, preventing them from working for third parties, setting an upper limit on pay, setting rules on their appearance or conduct and restricting their ability to use subcontractors or substitutes.

The European Parliament, which proposed its own changes in February, wants the rules to include an indicative list of criteria to determine whether a worker is an employee. Such criteria would include whether the worker was subject to a fixed salary, defined working hours and work time, and supervision by the employer.

Delivery Platforms Europe, whose members are Bolt, Deliveroo, Delivery Hero, Glovo, Uber and Wolt, was equally critical.

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