With Luigi Di Maio, Italy’s Minister of Economic Development, Labour and Social Policies, having forced meal delivery giants to sit around the negotiating table with trade unions, to agree on a national collective agreement (CCN) for delivery riders, social partners from the logistics sector have muscled in on the debate. As pledged by employer groups and the Filt-Cgil, Fit-Cisl et UilTrasporti trade unions in December last year, when the sector’s CCN was renewed (see article n°10482), the social partners reached an agreement on a professional profile for delivery riders on 18 July. The professional profile remains theoretical, since the platforms are not members of employer organisations and riders are not recognised as employees by platforms.
According to the CCN, a delivery rider is considered an employee, with all the social protections that status entails, and has a high level of flexibility in terms of working time: a maximum of 39 hours per week (a minimum of two hours per day, and a maximum of eight), spread out over no more than six days in a week, and the possibility of part-time work. Meanwhile specific pay parameters have been created for delivery riders. Employers will have to supply protection materials, such as the ride
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