En septiembre de 2022, en el caso de Kaushal Kishor Singh v/s M/S Sita Kouni World Travel India Limited (Solicitud de auto judicial c) 11631 de 2008), el Tribunal Superior de Delhi abordó la cuestión de la distinción entre autónomo y empleado.
El Tribunal definió a un «autónomo» como una persona que actúa de forma independiente, sin estar afiliado a una organización, al vender sus servicios y sus competencias a diferentes empleadores durante un período determinado, con la capacidad de elegir los encargos o proyectos.
On 17 March 2022, the Taipei High Administrative Court, in 109-Su-1046 Decision, stated the employment relationship between a digital delivery platform and a delivery persons.
Last May, GMB Union (General, Municipal, Boilermakers' and Allied Trade Union (GMBATU, than shortened to GMB), and Deliveroo have signed an historic union recognition deal covering the company's more than 90,000 self-employed riders.
On 14 March 2022, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas reinstated the previous independent contractor rule under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
On 9 February 2022, the High Court of Australia confirmed in two different decisions that, determining whether a worker is an employee or independent contractor, the most important elements are the written agreement and the contractual terms.
It also confirms that the Court is overtaking the multi-factorial test applied in the past in this kind of decisions.
On February 2022, the government of Belgium proposed a package of measures to reform the nation’s labour market, aiming to increase flexibility and boost employment.