A total of 17 products, most of them own-brands sold in UK and German retailers, are likely to contain Chinese tomatoes – testing commissioned by the BBC World Service shows. …
Privacy guarantor sanctions Glovo 5 million Euros: algorithm violates riders’ rights (original in Italian)
Nuova sanzione per Glovo da parte del Garante italiano per la protezione dei dati personali. La decisione – che Today.it è in grado di anticipare – riguarderebbe ancora una volta l’algoritmo utilizzato …
Italy watchdog fines Foodinho 5 million euros for rider data breaches
Italy’s data protection authority on Friday fined Delivery Hero-owned Foodinho 5 million euros ($5.20 million) for unlawfully processing the personal data of more than 35,000 riders registered on its digital …
‘Working here is hell’: latest death of farm worker in 40C heat shocks Italy
taly has been shocked by reports of the “brutal” treatment of migrants working on farms across the country and the death of a flower picker in temperatures of about 40C …
Milan probes into Dior suppliers’ illegal labour unsettle luxury sector
The Dior leather bag supplier Milan investigators long had their eyes on was located close to the Via del Lavoro in the suburban city of Opera — or labour street. …
Armani company put in receivership amid labour exploitation probe
An Italian court placed under judicial administration a company owned by Italian fashion group Armani accused of indirectly subcontracting production to Chinese companies that exploited workers. The judges in Milan …
TRADE UNIONS, STRATEGIC LITIGATION AND DIGITAL LABOUR PLATFORMS: A CASE-STUDY OF THE CGIL
Platform workers often face a justice gap in enforcing their rights and this is mainly due to the extensive use of algorithmic management practices that are central to their business …
Sentence of the Court of Palermo against Foodinho (Glovo group): «The selection of riders is discriminatory»
The “selection system” of riders by Foodinho (Glovo group) is “discriminatory”, which, through an “excellence score”, offers better “if not more” job opportunities, because they can choose the riders in …
Italy: A court has revoked the dismissal of 4,000 Uber Eats riders
(article originally in Italian) The company has announced its exit from the Italian market, leaving delivery workers without protection. For the Milan court it is an illegitimate procedure Important union victory …
The dark side of the gig economy (Originally in Italian)
Barcelona, Berlin, Milan , Athens and Brussels have in common that they are among the European urban centers where, in recent years, the use of home delivery via food delivery platforms has become more widespread . This is why documentary …
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