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Four groups file human-trafficking complaint against Deliveroo and Uber
Four groups that support bicycle couriers have filed a complaint with the Paris prosecutor against delivery companies Deliveroo and Uber.
They accuse the companies of human trafficking, and the complaint is described as an unprecedented legal action.
The case concerns couriers working in cities, often waiting for orders through their smartphones.
The work is shaped by unstable self-employment and software that controls how time and earnings are managed.
Couriers also face exhaustion, traffic and extreme weather, with physical health risks highlighted by Médecins du Monde in a report published in March 2026.
The story links these conditions to demand for immediate deliveries and businesses seeking to hold little or no stock.
The complaint has been filed, but no outcome or next legal step is given.
Four associations that support delivery workers have filed a complaint against Deliveroo and Uber with the Paris prosecutor for human trafficking.
The complaint focuses on urban working conditions and gaps in local labour law.
A report published by Médecins du monde in March 2026 criticized bicycle couriers’ working conditions and their effects on health.
The article describes couriers’ work as shaped by precarious self-employment and algorithmic control.
- Who
- Four associations that support delivery workers filed the complaint against Deliveroo and Uber.
- What
- They filed a complaint alleging human trafficking.
- When
- The complaint was filed after a report published in March 2026. The exact date is not stated.
- Where
- With the Paris prosecutor.
- Why
- The complaint concerns delivery workers’ conditions and gaps in local labour law.
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Médecins du monde published a report criticizing bicycle couriers’ working conditions and their effects on health.
Four associations that support delivery workers filed a complaint against Deliveroo and Uber with the Paris prosecutor.
- Groups filing complaint
- Four associations that support delivery workers
- Companies named
- Deliveroo and Uber
- Complaint
- Human trafficking
- Recipient
- Paris prosecutor
- Report date
- March 2026
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