The country is proving somewhat to be a test case for Latin America. At the start of the month, a judge in Buenos Aires ordered a halt to all home food delivery applications in the Argentine capital, as a way to encourage the platforms to respect road safety rules and register the delivery staff working for them. This unprecedented decision has been condemned by delivery workers, even at a time when they have been demanding that their status be given legal recognition, which demonstrates the level of complexity that surrounds the so-called gig economy.
At the beginning of August, Judge Roberto Gallardo demanded that delivery services offered by multinational platforms Glovo (Spain), Rappi (Colombia) and PedidosYa (Uruguay) be brought to a halt, until they “fully respect their legal and judicial obligations”, especially in terms of safety, with accidents involving delivery workers – who generally do not wear helmets – having made the news in recent months.
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