Platform workers can no longer be fired automatically by algorithms, according to new European Union rules agreed today in a sweeping reform of the gig economy that will affect Uber drivers and Deliveroo couriers. 'Now we have a proper system, which is something that doesn't exist anywhere else around the world,' said Elisabetta Gualmini, an Italian politician who led the negotiations for the European Parliament, in a press conference on Wednesday. She described the new rules as a real improvement in the labor rights for millions of workers. 'We do not want an inhuman labor market,' she said, citing the case of a delivery rider in Italy who was fired last year via an automatic email because he did not complete a delivery. The reason' He had been killed just hours before in a road accident. The platform involved, Glovo, told his family at the time it had been a mistake. The issue of platform work is an existential issue for Europe, Gualmini said. 'We are not against changes in...
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