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Italian courts ruled delivery riders are employees with labor rights, but companies evade compliance through market exits and delays, leaving riders with low pay, long hours, and poor conditions.
Italian courts have ruled that food delivery riders should be treated as employees entitled to protections like sick leave and fair pay, but despite these legal victories, riders continue to face exploitative conditions.
Companies like Deliveroo and Glovo, under judicial supervision and facing investigations, have reportedly evaded compliance by exiting markets, re-entering under new names, or using legal delays.
Riders still work up to 17 hours a day, earn poverty-level wages, and some sleep on the streets due to unaffordable housing.
Although the companies claim compliance, advocates and workers say systemic issues persist, with little real change in pay, hours, or benefits.
Similar cases in other European countries led to exits or major overhauls, but in Italy, the gap between rulings and reality remains wide.
Los tribunales italianos dictaminaron que los jinetes de entrega son empleados con derechos laborales, pero las empresas evitan el cumplimiento a través de salidas del mercado y retrasos, dejando a los jinetes con bajos salarios, largas horas y malas condiciones.