The goal, as stated by the Occupational Safety and Health Authority, is to obtain a preliminary ruling on a particular issue from the Supreme Administrative Court. This case pertains to the decision of the Hämeenlinna Administrative Court regarding food delivery shipments.
The Occupational safety and health authority is planning to submit an application to the Supreme Administrative Court (KHO) seeking permission to appeal the decision made by the Hämeenlinna Administrative Court concerning food delivery shipments.
The objective, as per the Occupational Safety and Health Authority, is to secure an initial ruling from the Supreme Administrative Court on this matter.
The decision in question, for which an appeal is being sought, relates to couriers who operate on the platform of the food delivery company Wolt. The Hämeenlinna Administrative Court ruled on Wednesday that these couriers are independent entrepreneurs rather than employees of Wolt.
The Administrative Court justified its ruling by stating that Wolt does not have actual managerial and controlling rights over the couriers. Furthermore, Wolt’s business model provides a broad range of freedom for shipments.
As a result, the administrative court overturned the previous decision made by the occupational safety and health authority, which had stated that the couriers were in an employment relationship with Wolt.
“The Administrative Court, in its decision, interprets the fulfillment of work management and supervision characteristics differently than the Labor Council did in its previous statement. We are of the opinion that the legal situation is ambiguous, and it is crucial to obtain a decision from the Supreme Administrative Court on this matter,” stated Erik Tarnaala, the director of Southern Finland’s Regional Administrative Agency responsible for occupational health and safety, in a press release on Thursday.
