INTERVIEW
The Court of Cassation confirmed on Wednesday that the link between a driver and the Uber company was indeed an employment contract. A reclassification of an employment contract that brings hope for all VTC drivers but also for delivery people on platforms like Deliveroo or Uber Eat. Is the "uberization" of the world of work an ancient story? "There have already been several cases in other cases for other platforms. This is a fundamental stop, it goes much further. We hope to launch a warning signal, a stop for all the abuses that we In these platforms, we tell them: 'if you do not stop these abuses, there will be wage earners behind, re-qualifications in the employment contract', "underlines Kevin Mention, lawyer in labor law.
"A social junkyard"
"At the end of the day we had to sign up on schedules, we had to wear clothes, wear their mark on our back in the street. The application dictates to us all what we have to do. I even experienced a period when when the races arrived on our phone we could not refuse them. Otherwise we had a phone call from someone who put pressure on us ", reveals Jérôme Pimot, ex-courier Deliveroo, representative of couriers and always in procedure with the platform.
The Court of Cassation judged the ratings or the statistics as criteria of subordination between the individual and Uber. However, will 28,000 Uber drivers become 28,000 employees? "Not necessarily, Ursaf will surely take the opportunity to ask for reminders of contributions. Now Uber has several choices; either it pays everyone, or it respects the status of self-employed", specifies Kévin Mention.
"We quickly notice the scam. And when we talk to a legal friend we realize that we are not self-employed but salaried. These platforms are designed on a model that is a scam", denounces Jérôme Pimot. "It's a social waste".
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