Gig Economy Project – Glovo hit with massive €79 million fine for ‘false self-employment’ in Spain

SPAIN’S largest food delivery platform has been sanctioned with the largest ever fine in the country for ‘false self-employment’, in a move by the Labour Inspectorate which significantly raises the …

ETUI: The right to strike – country factsheets (35 Countries)

The right to strike varies considerably across Europe, often with specific rules and restrictions imposed on public service workers. The European Trade Union Institute has produced 35 country factsheets that …

Uber Eats cumple su amenaza y anuncia que volverá al modelo de autónomos a días del aniversario de la Ley Rider

Uber Eats ha cumplido su amenaza al Ministerio de Trabajo. La multinacional de repartos a domicilio ha mandado este lunes un correo electrónico a antiguos riders de la plataforma en el que comunica …

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Madrid Cleaners Get Relief After Death at Platinum-Owned Firm

Madrid’s city council and the companies that clean Spanish capital’s streets have agreed to health and safety guidelines for high temperatures after a street sweeper died from heat. Manual street …

Comments on the Supreme Court decision dated March 23rd 2022 on information a collective dismissal letter must have in order for such dismissal to be effective

This article analyzes the Spanish Supreme Court decision 251/2022 on whether a collective dismissal letter missing certain information invalidates the whole dismissal process. Under Spanish employment law, at-will employment is …

Comments on the decision issued by the Spanish Supreme Court 71/2022 declaring that the employment relationship between employee and employer is not interrupted by a voluntary resignation of the employee in certain circumstances involving public contractors

This article analyzes the Spanish Supreme Court decision 71/2022, dated January 26th, on the issue of whether an employee who voluntarily resigns from her job to join another public contractor …

Comments on the decision issued by the European Court of Justice C-485/2020 declaring that employers are obliged to relocate unfit employees to another position within the organization unless such relocation would impose an undue burden

This article analyzes the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) decision C-485/2020, dated February 10th 2022, on the issue of whether an employer is legally obliged to relocate a disabled employee …

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Comments on the decision issued by the European Court of Justice C-485/2020 declaring that employers are obliged to relocate unfit employees to another position within the organization unless such relocation would impose an undue burden

This article analyzes the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) decision C-485/2020, dated February 10th 2022, on the issue of whether an employer is legally obliged to relocate a disabled employee …

Inside Spain’s failed plan to fix the gig economy

On 12 August 2021, Spain became the first European country to significantly regulate the gig economy. The Supreme Court, ruling in favour of a former gig economy rider, declared that …

Spanish Government restores sectoral collective bargaining

Just before the turn of the year, on the 28th December, Spain passed significant labour reforms, described as the “beginning of the end of labour market anomalies involving temporary and precarious …

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