Vulneración de derechos laborales de personas que utilizan las aplicaciones digitales de entregas a domicilio como fuente de trabajo

Abstract

The accelerated development of technology has given rise to new types of companies, which have changed the traditional way of working. The use of digital platforms has facilitated the interaction between consumers and companies that provide certain services, however the rise of these companies in Ecuador has also shown a violation of basic human and labor rights of people who use digital delivery apps as a source of permanent work. Companies such as Uber Eats and Pedidos Ya have already indicated that their delivery men are not workers but service providers that have been linked to the companies through a civil contract for which reason they consider that they do not have labor obligations with them. The Ecuadorian State has not ruled on the matter to clarify the employment situation in which this group of people find themselves. This research work aims to determine the existence or not of labor dependency relationship between the people who use the digital delivery apps as a source of permanent work and the companies Uber Etas and Pedidos Ya with the purpose of establish whether this group of people should be considered workers under a dependency relationship or not and thereby recognize all the labor rights that the Ecuadorian legal system grants.