Clifford Chance
In Italy, delivery riders receive additional safeguards and may be presumed employees
28 November 2019
Decree Law 101/2019, has been made full statute in amended form as Law 128/2019, introducing a number of new provisions regarding, among others, bicycle and scooter delivery riders and couriers who work in urban environments through the use of digital platforms.
The central development is that workers whose engagement is organised through digital platforms are presumed to be employees within the scope of article 2 of Legislative Decree 81/2015, which has been amended accordingly.
Moreover, the law puts in place a number of safeguards, some of which go beyond those afforded by the general presumption.
