(FILES) A takeaway delivery driver rides a bike in Paris on March 13, 2024, two days after EU states endorsed controversial rules to cover app workers in the so-called gig economy, after weeks of wrangling over the watered-down text. Platform workers must be treated as employees, French left-wing MPs demanded on April 28, 2026. They are set to table a bill, with France having just a few months left to transpose a European directive to this effect into national law. For several years now, the self-employed status of platform workers has been strongly contested by trade unions, NGOs and some politicians, who believe it amounts to disguised employment. (Photo by Guillaume BAPTISTE / AFP via Getty Images)