The Amsterdam District Court ruled that Deliveroo riders fall under the collective labor agreement for professional goods transport as employees and must therefore also be paid as employees.
The ruling concerns a group of 12 riders who were employed by Deliveroo before 2018.
They demand a wage supplementary payment on the basis of the collective labor agreement for professional goods. At the end of 2021, the court on appeal ruled that they fall under this collective labor agreement. ‘Some supplementary wages go back to 2016', says Anja Dijkman, project leader FNV Platform Werk.
FNV has been fighting companies such as Deliveroo, Uber and Temper for years. Dijkman: 'They say that their employees are self-employed, but in practice that turns out not to be true. The employees are indeed managed and have very little say over rates and conditions. As a result, they have to pay and arrange their own insurance, days off and pensions.
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