Delivery riders are already some of the most vulnerable workers of booming gig economies. During successive heat waves this summer in Italy, it got complicated.
A new rule banning labor during the hottest hours this summer was meant to protect workers in and around Rome. Instead, it gutted the incomes of some delivery riders.
In Rome, couriers and food carriers have become frontline workers during heat waves. Glovo’s attempt to provide drivers with bonuses for working in the heat backfired in Italy last month.
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