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Riders who deliver for online food platforms are self-employed, and can nominate a substitute to deliver on their behalf. John Walton/PA/Alamy

‘I’m always delivering food while hungry’: how undocumented migrants find work as substitute couriers in the UK

Our study of food delivery workers in one English city highlights the daily challenges facing undocumented migrants in this sector.
Painting by artist Arnaud Adami, exhibited at Galerie Valerie Delaunay, Paris 2021. Arnaud Adami, untitled, oil on canvas

Young, poor and vulnerable: delivery riders in France are demanding better wages and social protection

How do we take care of delivery riders who are often exposed to multiple risks? What are their needs in terms of social protection? Researchers asked them these questions directly.
A food delivery worker wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of COVID-19 is framed by a large public art installation while riding a bike in Vancouver in November 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Governments must work with restaurants on a no-fee delivery app

Food delivery apps are here to stay. That means governments must support restaurant association efforts to create a no-commission-fee delivery app option — during the pandemic and beyond.

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