https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/wx8y9x/uber-wants-to-export-prop-22-to-europe

In a white paper published this week, Uber called on European Union officials to implement a framework where gig workers would continue to be classified as self-employed, similar to the recently passed Proposition 22 in California, which Uber and other gig giants aggressively pushed and literally helped write. 

The move comes amid increasing scrutiny from the patchwork of legal systems within the European Union’s 27 member states. As Uber riders sue to get a peek into its black box algorithms, earlier this year an Italian court ruled that these very same algorithms can be held liable if they discriminate against workers. And, Tuesday, an appeals court in the Netherlands ruled that couriers of the popular food-delivery app Deliveroo are in fact employees.