Spanish unions to get access to app algorithms to monitor workers’ rights

Spanish unions will be given access to the algorithms companies such as Uber use to manage their workforce in the gig economy, to monitor conditions and stop workers being underpaid …

La ley de ‘riders’ obligará a las empresas a informar a los sindicatos sobre los algoritmos que afecten a las condiciones laborales

La ley de riders nace con el acuerdo de los agentes sociales. Finalmente, la CEOE ha dicho que sí en una reunión casi nocturna. UGT y CC OO ya habían aprobado la …

New Spanish law to make food delivery workers ‘permanent staff’

Spain’s labour ministry, trade unions, and employer’s associations have agreed this week in principle to a law improving the rights of food delivery workers employed by global digital platforms like …

[Spain] Comments on the European Court of Justice decision dated January 26th, 2021 (declaring that denying an allowance only to disabled workers who filed their disabilities certificate before a specified date, but not to those who did so after such date, constitutes discrimination prohibited by EU Law).

This article analyzes the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) decision C‑16/19 on whether the prohibition against discrimination of workers with disabilities contained in Directive 2000/78 is circumscribed to comparative situations …

Los ‘riders’ ganan el macrojuicio contra Deliveroo en Barcelona: 748 repartidores son falsos autónomos

Los ‘riders’ han ganado su macrojuicio contra Deliveroo en Barcelona. La magistrada del juzgado de lo Social 24 de Barcelona ha sentenciado que 748 ‘riders’ de Deliveroo operaban como falsos …

Special report: Just transition – PUTTING PLANET, PEOPLE AND JOBS FIRST

Unions are at the forefront of the challenges the world is facing today. Income and wealth inequality are at historic levels, driving people to despair, anger and protest. Too many …

Just Eat anuncia la contratación de sus propios repartidores en plena negociación de la ley sobre plataformas

La multinacional de reparto de comida a domicilio Just Eat Takeaway.com ha anunciado este miércoles que contratará directamente a su propia flota de repartidores en España, que compatibilizará con el …

“What the hell have I invented?” – Glovo’s Sacha Michaud on gig economy controversy

“Barcelona-founded delivery startup Glovo has something of a love-hate relationship with its home nation of Spain. The company is the current poster child of the country’s tech community: valued at …

Rider v. Glovo App 23, S.L.

The Spanish Supreme Court has issued a landmark judgment on an employment controversy raised by a rider and a delivery app company, Glovo App 23, S.L. (“Glovo”). In December 2017, …

El Supremo falla que los ‘riders’ son falsos autónomos

El modelo laboral de las plataformas digitales de reparto, asentado en autónomos, ha sufrido un golpe durísimo este miércoles. El Tribunal Supremo ha fallado que los repartidores riders son asalariados. O dicho …