“La dirección de Glovo ha decidido cambiar de un modelo ‘freelance’ a un modelo basado en el empleo para sus repartidores en España, para evitar más incertidumbres legales”, anunció este …
Spain: The Constitutional Court endorses the reform of the law of the Community of Madrid that allows the activities of VTC vehicles
The ruling considers that the regulations do not invade state powers or question local autonomy, as the appeal by Unidas Podemos and other congressional groups maintained. The Constitutional Court has …
Spain: High Court Finds Cabify Drivers are illegally subcontracted
The Valencian High Court of Justice upholds the criteria of the Labor Inspectorate and reinstates a fine of 60,000 euros against the company for this hiring fraud. Judicial setback to …
Data Protection fines Glovo with 550,000 euros for violating the privacy of delivery drivers
The regulator sanctions the company for carrying out excessive surveillance of the riders and allowing any worker with access to the system to consult their data and messages. The Spanish …
La Justicia anula la multa de la Generalitat a Just Eat y descarta la subcontratación ilegal de 183 ‘riders’
The Superior Court of Justice of Catalonia (TSJC) has annulled the fine of 187,000 euros that the Generalitat imposed in April 2022 on the food delivery company Just Eat for subcontracting 183 …
Spain: Trabajo investiga a Glovo y Uber Eats tras detectar a extranjeros sin papeles haciendo de repartidores (Labor investigates Glovo and Uber Eats after detecting undocumented foreigners acting as delivery drivers)
The Labor Inspection is monitoring the home delivery companies Glovo and Uber Eats after having detected that their delivery drivers subcontract foreigners without permission to make deliveries in their place, in exchange for a percentage of …
YouTuber sues Google Spain for alleged wrongful dismissal
A Spanish YouTuber is suing Google Spain, a unit of Alphabet Inc, for wrongful dismissal in a case that could set a precedent for content creators’ labour rights, Spanish union …
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 …
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