The President of Finnish union PAM called on Wolt to end the “delaying tactics” and employ its riders, after the Finnish Supreme Administrative Court rejected the food delivery platform’s appeal on 19 March 2026.
Wolt was seeking to overturn the decision of Finland’s highest court last May, which found that Wolt riders meet all the requirements for an employment relationship.
The appeal did not suspend the legal effect of the original judgement, but despite that Wolt, which is headquartered in Finland, has not moved to employ its riders, instead trialling an employment model for a small number of riders, and one that does not include payment for waiting time.
Annika Rönni-Sällinen, President of PAM, responded to the rejection of the appeal by stating: “We are pleased that the Supreme Administrative Court upheld its precedent. Wolt has failed to follow the decision of the highest court for almost a year. This should not be possible in Finland. The company must now stop delaying and couriers should be viewed as employees.”
Rönni-Sällinen added that it was now necessary for Finland to introduce “an automatic and effective legal presumption of employment relationship for all platform work” as required by the EU Platform Work Directive, in order to avoid constant legal battles over employment classification.
She cited cleaning and ice cream kiosks as two other industries in Finland where bogus self-employment is currently flourishing.
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