France’s Cour de Cassation has decided that delivery riders for the meal delivery service platform, Take Eat Easy, are indeed workers, and not autonomous workers, irrespective of the fact they can choose their working time independently. The court held that as soon as they sign on for a "shift" they are under the control of and subject to sanction by the platform and as such they are to be considered as workers. This court ruling was handed down on 28 November.
The Court of Appeal denied the claimant that this relationship with the platform was an employment relationship.
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