a just eat delivery man rides his bicycle in nice amid the coronavirus disease covid19 outbreak in france february 16 2021 reuterseric gaillard amsterdam dec 7 reuters  shares in ridesharing and food delivery companies rebounded on tuesday ahead of an european commission proposal expected dec 9 that will define when couriers should be considered employees and when they should be considered independent contractors the financial times on tuesday reported that the proposal under development for years will as expected put the burden of proof on companies rather than workers to show when their delivery people are selfemployed a spokesperson for the european commission declined to ment until its publication on thursday shares in the netherlands just eat takeawaycom tkwyas rose 63 by 1030 gmt germanys delivery hero dherde rose 45 and britains deliveroo rool was up 19 reversing similar declines on monday in an apparent relief rally to recover some on mondays losses uber ubern shares closed at 3849 in the united states analysts for citi said in a note that deliveroo is most heavily exposed to the proposed rule change while larger european rival takeaway already uses an employment model delivery hero and uber have larger operations in noneuropean markets at present gig economy workers in europe have typically been considered selfemployed relieving companies of the obligation to pay them minimum wage or giving them sick leave or holiday pay however court decisions in the netherlands britain italy and spain in the past two years have challenged that the ft citing from the unpublished proposal said it could mean the reclassification of 41 million contractors as employees leading to 484 million euros 545 millionin extra annual pay and entitling them to the same rights and protections as other employees under european law a study by copenhagen economics commissioned by an industry group for the platform companies published last month argued that the new european rules might lead to the loss of 75000 jobs