Accessing the algorithm to build union power: The case of Palermo

On 20 June the Court of Palermo ruled that Spanish food delivery platform Glovo has to disclose how its algorithm allocates tasks to workers.  The decision follows other recent court cases …

Italy unveils measures to boost labor market flexibility

Italy is slashing a poverty relief scheme and making it easier to hire workers on a short-term basis, as the right-wing government addresses complaints from employers about the difficulty and …

The Future of Unions and Worker Representation: The Digital Picket Line

“The Future of Unions and Worker Representation, written by Professor Anthony Forsyth, thoroughly examines four countries and industrial relations systems—Australia, the UK, the USA, and Italy—to assess and contrast their …

“Riders are salaried workers”: the Turin judges’ ruling

Translation (original in Italian) TURIN. The Court of Turin has ruled in favor of eight Glovo bike riders who had filed an appeal asking to be recognized as employees. The …

The rider is like an employee: the Milan court forces Glovo to hire

A ruling requires the food delivery platform to reintegrate a person left at home on better terms: fixed, full-time contract and commercial management. But politics is silent on the general rules …

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 …

The Future of Unions and Worker Representation: The Digital Picket Line

“The current organising drive at Starbucks stores across the USA illustrates both the difficulty for unions in countering the power of multinational companies – and, more importantly, the momentum that can be …

Italy ratifies the ILO Convention (No. 190) on the elimination of violence and harassment in the world of work

On 29 October 2021, Italy deposited the instrument of ratification of the Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190) , with the Director-General of the ILO, thereby becoming the ninth country in …

Milan, first conviction for caporalato on riders: 3 years and eight months to the former intermediary of Uber. 440 thousand euros in compensation to the deliverymen

In Italy, the court has convicted the intermediary for Uber for illegal hiring with a sentence of three years and eight months and required to pay compensation of about 10 …

ETUI: Social Protection of Non-standard Workers & the Self-Employed during the Pandemic

“The Covid‑19 pandemic severely affected some categories of non-standard workers, and particularly the self‑employed. The emergency measures cushioned the potentially disastrous effect on their social circumstances, but undeniably highlighted even more the gaps in …

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