Brussels has taken another tentative step towards improving employment conditions for workers at ride-sharing and delivery groups such as Uber and Deliveroo, following a long fight with individual member states over the rules governing employee status.
Ministers from the 27 countries on Monday ratified rules that will help “determine the employment status” of about 28mn EU “gig economy” workers, allowing them to benefit from labour rights such as paternity leave and holiday pay, the Council of the EU said on Monday.
However, the gig economy industry said the directive fell short of creating harmonised rules in the bloc for their workers, which means the regulation will remain fragmented.
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