US EditionDelivery Platform Workers: a Survey Lifts the Lid on Extreme Hardship
The survey found 48% of Paris couriers and 36.7% in Bordeaux went a full day without eating, while average gross pay was 5.83 euros an hour.
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Gig Workers in France Need Protection as Regulations Take Shape
Click to expand Image Uber Eats delivery drivers protested following the mass deletion of hundreds of accounts in Paris, France, on October, 1, 2022. © 2022 Sipa via AP Photo Every day, food-delivery workers cross Paris and Bordeaux in all weather, working long hours for pay well below France’s minimum wage. For most, this work provides their only source of income.A new survey of around 1,000 workers in France who deliver food for companies suc…
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Laminute.infoDelivery platform workers: a survey lifts the lid on extreme hardship
The familiar silhouette of bike and scooter delivery workers has become part of Paris’ urban landscape. For many city dwellers who rely on them to deliver meals to their door, these precarious workers remain largely “invisible” in surveys and public statistics. Yet, the availability of quality data about online platforms’ delivery drivers is a major issue. Legally, the transposition into French law of the European Directive (EU) 2024/2831 on the…
France’s Gig-Economy Built On Migrant Labor As 99% Of Surveyed Delivery-Riders Are Foreign-Born, Two-Thirds Are Illegal
France’s Gig-Economy Built On Migrant Labor As 99% Of Surveyed Delivery-Riders Are Foreign-Born, Two-Thirds Are Illegal Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, A major new study has found that France’s food delivery sector is almost exclusively staffed by migrant workers, a majority of whom are living in France illegally. The Enquête report, based on a survey of more than 1,000 riders in Paris and Bordeaux, reveals that 98.7 percent of delive…
The French food delivery sector appears to rely largely on foreign workers. This emerges from a new study of more than a thousand delivery drivers in Paris and Bordeaux. The study shows that 98.7 percent of the couriers were born outside France. It also reveals that a large proportion do not have legal residency status.
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