La regularización de los trabajadores de delivery y reparto en plataformas digitales con relación al código de trabajo.

Abstract

This comprehensive research evaluates both international and local labor laws that have implications for digital home-based service workers in Ecuador, establishing a comparison with similar cases in California, Chile, and Spain. It highlights the imperative need to adjust labor regulations to economic progress to provide legal protection for Ecuadorian workers on these platforms. It highlights both the lack of protection and the urgent political and social need to establish legal proposals to regulate contractual relations and ensure basic rights, such as the right to socioeconomic insurance. The main emphasis is placed on the experience of delivery workers, underlining the crucial value of establishing a minimum wage and preserving essential privileges within the framework of the new collaborative economic model. The details of the report reveal the difficulties inherent in the employment relationship, highlighting that specific regulation is essential to deal with these peculiarities. The focus is on delivery applications, examining especially flextime and the classification of staff as freelancers, to determine their impact on employment benefits. Independence in terms of making decisions about working hours is valued, but it is noted that it is the individual responsibility of each employee to ensure good condition and proper use of their vehicle. The main conclusion of the study is that an adjusted regulation is required to ensure labor protection in the specific context of digital platforms dedicated to deliveries in Ecuador.