The UberEats platform, operating in Poland, has sent a message announcing major changes to all its Delivery Partners. Starting April 1st, all new Delivery Partners will work under a contract of mandate. From July 1st, this change will also apply to all previously employed individuals.
Does this mean UberEats will begin to respect employee rights? We highly doubt it.
Firstly, only an employment contract (not a contract of mandate) provides full employee rights.
Secondly, the platform’s message avoided specifying who the contract will be with. Therefore, it appears that the dysfunctional employment model by the Fleet Partner will continue.
Thirdly, it is unclear whether the contract of mandate will be the sole form of employment by the Partner. This means that obscure contracts of mandate that do not cover the full remuneration will likely continue to exist.
Fourth, an employment contract is a document, the content of which is usually proposed by the employer and may be subject to negotiation. In this case, the Platform expects the contract to be “uploaded” to the application.
So it seems this is simply a smokescreen. Pretending that the Platform wants to clean up the situation, that it is, after all, committed to compliance with the law. We will likely soon receive communications from the Platform’s PR department about the actions the Platform has taken to prevent tax fraud and abuse.
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