US EditionWolt to Hire Couriers as Employees Amid Criticism over Labour Rights
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Wolt to hire couriers as employees amid criticism over labour rights
Delivery company Wolt will begin employing couriers in Finland for the first time, shifting from its long-standing contractor-only model. The company plans to recruit about 100 employee couriers by the end of the year while continuing to operate its existing freelance system for thousands of others. The pilot programme, announced on Monday, follows years of debate over employment conditions in the platform economy. Wolt said the initiative respo…
Food delivery service Wolt will start hiring couriers in Finland; previously, couriers operating on the Wolt platform worked only as private entrepreneurs.
The Supreme Administrative Court ruled in May that food delivery workers are employees, not independent entrepreneurs.
Wolt will start recruiting food delivery workers this month.
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