Overview

• Drivers staged a 24-hour walkout in Hannover, Braunschweig and Göttingen, with a rally in central Hannover, as NGG pressed for a social-tariff agreement.
• Lieferando plans to cut about 2,000 in-house courier jobs by year’s end and shift more deliveries to subcontractors, citing competition and service speed.
• Kontraste/rbb24 documented envelope cash payments to drivers linked to Fleetlery in Berlin, with riders reporting a lack of contracts and unclear social contributions.
• Reporters traced instructions to an intermediary identified as Yassin N., with drivers describing a €50 activation fee, app blocks and pressure via WhatsApp to work.
• Lieferando says it vets partners to ensure drivers are employed and insured, Fleetlery denies authorizing such intermediaries, and researchers warn working conditions are deteriorating as regulation lags.