A Spanish court ruled Thursday that online food delivery group Deliveroo wrongly hired 97 riders as self-employed contractors instead of as regular workers, which costs less for the firm. Brought by Spain’s social security system, the case involves riders in Valencia on Spain’s eastern Mediterranean coast and it is one of several being fought by Deliveroo and other gig economy groups like Uber in Spain and various other countries over whether workers should be classified as employees.
https://www.france24.com/en/20190627-spanish-court-rules-deliveroo-riders-are-employees
