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 …

HISTORIC VICTORIES FOR JUST EAT AND DELIVEROO WORKERS IN EUROPE

A judge in the Netherlands ruled in favour of a case brought by UNI’s Dutch affiliate, FNV, against multinational food delivery company, Deliveroo. It means that Deliveroo riders are now covered …

High Court of Castile and Leon Decision 2037/2021 declaring that it is lawful for employers to introduce software monitoring remote work as evidence at trial

Decision issued by the High Court of Castile and Leon, No. 2037/2021, declaring that evidence collected by a software installed by employers on computers used by their employees working from …

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Amsterdam Court: Deliveroo courier is entitled to the same wage as a truck driver

Deliveroo’s bicycle couriers should be paid the same and treated in the same way as truck drivers, parcel deliverers and couriers. This was decided by the Amsterdam Court of Appeal …

Spanish Supreme Court Decision 1/2022 holding that the general dismissal of housekeeper contract is void where the employee is pregnant, regardless of whether the employer knew of the pregnancy.

The Supreme Court has held in its Decision 1/2022 that the general dismissal of a pregnant housekeeper is void regardless of whether the employer knew of the pregnancy. The case …

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Gig contractor or employee? Delivery drivers seek rights worldwide.

They’ve been everywhere. From Los Angeles and London to São Paulo and Moscow, on their bikes and motorcycles, in sweltering heat or bone-chilling cold, they’ve been the skeleton key that …

Total Uganda case: the French Supreme Court recognizes the jurisdiction of the civil court

Today, the Court of Cassation (French Supreme Court) issued its ruling on the case against the oil giant Total, led by six French and Ugandan civil society organizations (CSOs) – …

The Gig Economy’s Days in Europe Are Numbered

Court cases and a new draft law from the European Commission are chipping away at the controversial industry. What comes next may look very different. WHEN FORMER UBER driver Yaseen Aslam …

European Commission takes the lead in regulating platform work

The European Commission’s proposed directive on improving the conditions of platform work would materially reshape work through digital platforms. The new instrument addresses three main concerns: worker-status misclassification; fairness, transparency …

Draft Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on Improving Working Conditions in Platform Work

Here is the full text of the Draft EU Directive on Platform Work “One of the objectives of the Union is the promotion of the well-being of its peoples and …

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