A week ago, we described the chaos that ensued on the Glovo Platform after it, in compliance with a court decision, began hiring Delivery Drivers under employment contracts (see here). We summarized this situation with the question: Are Delivery Drivers even capable of fair employment?
Looking at what’s happening with the Wolt Platform in Finland, this question is increasingly relevant.
In January of this year, Wolt hired its first twenty Delivery Drivers under employment contracts, also complying with the Supreme Court’s decision. However, the Platform also recognized that actual work only includes the time spent transporting orders. Not the waiting time for the order, nor the time spent traveling to pick them up. Therefore, a Delivery Driver can work eight hours a day, but will only be paid (and at an hourly rate) for two hours – because that’s the only time they transported orders.
Furthermore, the Platform still doesn’t reimburse employees for the costs of using their own tools, such as a bicycle or telephone. At the same time, there’s flexibility in the schedule. An employment contract doesn’t mean forced work for eight hours, five days a week.
For our part, we’d like to add: Wolt co-founder Mikko Kuusi has been the highest-paid person in Finland for three years, earning over €80 million annually.
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