Spain: The Constitutional Court rejects the PP’s appeal and endorses the ‘rider’ law

Article originally in Spanish The Constitutional Court (TC) has rejected the PP’s appeal, thus giving its definitive endorsement to decree-law 9/2021, which modifies the Workers’ Statute to “guarantee the labor rights of people dedicated to delivery …

Presentan una querella contra Uber Eats por estafa y posible organización criminal

“De la misma forma que lo ha hecho Glovo, la compañía Uber Eats lleva contratando repartidores como falsos autónomos desde 2017. Aunque, en esta ocasión, la empresa sí que realizó …

Jenni Hermoso files sexual assault complaint against Luis Rubiales

Spanish soccer star Jenni Hermoso has filed a formal complaint with the attorney general’s office accusing Spanish football federation president Luis Rubiales of sexual assault. Rubiales grabbed and kissed her …

La Inspección de Trabajo regulariza 17.500 falsos autónomos y 53.000 fijos discontinuos fraudulentos (The Labor Inspectorate regularizes 17,500 false self-employed workers and 53,000 fraudulent fixed-term employees)

Los cambios normativos de la reforma laboral no son los únicos que ayudan a transformar el mercado laboral. También las actuaciones de la Inspección de Trabajo contribuyen a cambiar la …

Spain plans to ban outdoor work in extreme heat

Spain says it plans to ban outdoor work during periods of extreme heat. Second Deputy Prime Minister Yolanda Díaz told reporters Wednesday that the government will modify legislation covering occupational …

The Labor Inspectorate tightens the siege on Glovo and the model of self-employed delivery drivers that the Catalan company established with the ‘rider’ law.

“The Labor Inspectorate is tightening its siege on Glovo with a new action on the Catalan company’s delivery staff, which is requesting documentation via email, according to Business Insider Spain. …

Uncertainty hits the ‘riders’ of the Just in Time subcontractor: from delivering for Uber Eats to fighting to get ahead

Uber Eats decided to bet on third-party companies after the entry into force of the rider law instead of directly hiring its distributors. One of those companies was Justo a Tiempo, which …

How Spain has taken on the problem of precarious work

Europe’s workers are famously well-protected by rights and regulations, but the continent’s dirty secret is that they don’t extend to everyone. Countries such as France, Spain, Italy and Portugal have …

New fine to Glovo for false self-employment and irregular work of migrants

Labor Inspectorate imposes a new penalty on the delivery company for a total of 56.7 million euros In September of last year, the first large fine for a delivery company for having …

Glovo challenges the Government with a new twist to job insecurity

The home delivery company Glovo has broken a couple of records, during 2022, although it may have been more successful in the negative and in attracting attention for its questionable …