The Finnish-based delivery platform Wolt has announced a change in its operating model: it will begin hiring delivery workers, offering a standard employment contract. Until now, it has employed delivery workers exclusively on a self-employment basis. However, a court ruling forces it to change its model. For now, it will only employ one hundred delivery workers in Helsinki. Of course, there are a lot of “buts” here. Employees must have specific working hours (self-employed workers simply log into the app). They will also have to accept all tasks assigned to them. No excuses, even the most absurd ones. And here’s the classic: working time is only the time it takes to complete deliveries. This means Wolt will not pay for waiting time between jobs. To further discourage contracts, the hourly rate will be an average of €14 (while self-employed workers earn an average of €20-21 gross per hour).
However, there are also positive aspects: employees will receive equipment, and their pension and social security contributions will be paid.
And once again, it’s clear: Platforms are masters of tax optimization and finding workarounds for court rulings (which are usually issued after years of litigation).
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