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EU labour and social ministers agreed to regulations determining when workers on platforms like Uber and Deliveroo should be treated as employees. “Better working conditions for those delivering your meal at home!” a post from the rotating Belgian EU presidency on X, formerly Twitter said. Belgian officials mediated talks to pass the legislation in a key meeting in Brussels on Monday. The Platform Work Directive would classify workers on “gig-economy” apps as employees in cases where platforms control factors such as how much money workers are paid or their working hours, or supervise their pe…