ACCA · Question 09 · Employment law
Section A
Marcus works as a delivery driver for an app-based food delivery platform. He provides his own bicycle, can choose his own hours, and can send a substitute to do deliveries on his behalf if he is busy. He is paid per delivery. Based on the multiple test (economic reality test), what is Marcus's likely employment status?
Answer options:
An employee, because he performs work for the platform's customers.
An employee, because the platform dictates the delivery fee.
An independent contractor, because of the lack of mutuality of obligation and the right of substitution.
A worker, because he uses his own bicycle.
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