Date
13 December 2024

Tag

Active

Country
Finland Finland
Geographical scope
National
Type
  • Type

    Employment contract

    Legal
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Description

In February 2024, the Finnish delivery company Wolt won a landmark court case where its couriers were ruled to be entrepreneurs, not employees.

The administrative court in Hämeenlinna assessed the working relationship between Wolt and found that key factors defining an employee-employer relationship were not present. Specifically, the court noted that couriers were not required to personally perform the work and could delegate tasks, and they were not subject to the company’s management or supervision, as there were no fixed working hours and no obligation to accept work offered.

This decision overturned a previous ruling by the Regional State Administrative Agency of Southern Finland, which had classified the couriers as employees.


Additional metadata

Keywords
employment status
Actors
Platform, Court
Sector
Accommodation and food service activities

Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2024), Wolt couriers declared self-employed by administrative court (Court ruling), Record number 4452, Platform Economy Database, Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/platformeconomydb/wolt-couriers-declared-selfemployed-by-administrative-court-110201.