Uber Eats will stop using independent delivery drivers and will outsource them.

BarcelonaThe food delivery platform Uber Eats announced this Thursday that it will "stop collaborating with self-employed delivery drivers," four years after the law was passed. rider. "Uber Eats reaffirms its commitment to compliance with the law rider“After four years of gaining experience working with logistics experts, and to foster a sustainable long-term model, we have decided to discontinue our partnership with independent delivery drivers,” company sources stated. The California-based company also clarified that drivers still using the Uber Eats app as independent contractors will be able to continue working with the firm. This decision comes after the Ministry of Labor threatened criminal charges for non-compliance with regulations. had recently posted several announcements on the platformUber Eats, which is finally following in Glovo's footsteps, changed its operating model last summer and stopped using bogus self-employed workers. Last month, the Catalan government also urged the Public Prosecutor's Office to investigate whether Uber was committing a crime against its delivery drivers. Since 2022, Uber Eats had operated with a hybrid model, in which drivers could choose between being self-employed or salaried employees through the external fleets that subcontracted them. In 2025 alone, more than 7,000 drivers were hired by one of these subcontractors, the company noted on Thursday. "We express our commitment to fulfilling our obligations, as well as our intention to end all pending litigation, and we are available to drivers, unions, and the government to guarantee a fair process for everyone," according to sources at Uber Eats.

Minister Yolanda Díaz has expressed her "satisfaction" with this decision: "I can only express my satisfaction because it is very good news and it proves that legislation works. No company, however large, can operate outside the law, and right now, the major distribution companies..." riderThe Minister of Labor stated that Uber Eats' decision "will bring to light more than 50,000 people who were falsely classified as self-employed in Spain." "I said, many years ago, that a worker with an app and a bicycle is not an entrepreneur," she emphasized after the announcement.