The Minister of Labor Olivier Dussopt was arrested Tuesday, February 28 in the National Assembly by the deputy LFI Danielle Simonnet for having appealed a court decision ordering the Labor Inspectorate to carry out an inspection of the company Uber.
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A union of VTC drivers asked the Labor Inspectorate to play its role.
Faced with its refusal, this union seized the administrative court and won last November.
But yesterday, we discovered that the Ministry of Labor appealed this decision
, ”explained the deputy for Paris during a session of questions to the government.
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“Some got sick”
On November 30, the Paris administrative court had indeed agreed with Brahim Ben Ali, president of the INV union, who had been demanding since 2019 a control of Uber by the Labor Inspectorate.
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Colleagues were being disconnected without notice, some were falling ill from the workload, so I contacted the Labor Inspectorate to find out what was going on,
" Brahim Ben Ali, s. amazing "
checks at Deliveroo, at Just Eat
", "
but not at Uber
".
The labor inspector contacted told Brahim Ben Ali that “
the auto-entrepreneurs were not within the jurisdiction of the labor inspectorate
,” replied Olivier Dussopt.
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We consider that our inspector has fulfilled her duties
,” insisted the minister.
He then returned to a convention of the International Labor Organization (ILO), "
which says that no one can give a nominal control instruction
".
"
Nobody can define a nominal target
", he underlined to justify his choice to go against a control of Uber.
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The government defends (workers on the platforms) by supporting social dialogue
", then justified Olivier Dussopt.
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The orders have allowed the structuring of a social dialogue as I had the opportunity to tell you with the outcome of the agreement on the minimum price of the race
", he recalled, referring at the minimum rate of 7.65 euros net per trip for a driver, a measure negotiated in January between unions and platforms.
This majority agreement is criticized for its lack of ambition and was signed
by only four out of seven trade unions
. , replied Danielle Simonnet, citing a series of investigations by a consortium of journalists based on thousands of internal documents from the American company.