The European Union just delivered a big, fat nothingburger to food couriers and ride-hailing app drivers seeking better social protections from the tech firms they work for. Negotiators of an …
Labour plans to extend equal pay rights to black, Asian and minority ethnic staff
A Labour government would extend the full right to equal pay that now exists for women to black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) workers for the first time under radical plans …
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 …
Dutch watchdog fines Uber 10 mln euros over privacy regulations infringement
The Dutch data protection authority (DPA) on Wednesday fined Uber 10 million euros ($11 million) for infringement of privacy regulations regarding its drivers’ personal data. The DPA found that Uber had …
Council adopts position to ban products made with forced labour on the EU market
The Council has today adopted its position (negotiating mandate) on the regulation prohibiting products made with forced labour on the EU market. The negotiating mandate of the Council supports the …
The judges suspend a payment of 64 million to Glovo due to his “extreme situation”
Glovo achieves some oxygen in a very complicated economic time with Social Security tightening the siege . The company has managed to get the judges of the National Court to confirm the suspension of the …
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 …
Removing staff who are on maternity leave from work WhatsApp groups is discrimination
Removing female staff from work WhatsApp group chats while they are on maternity leave is discrimination, an employment tribunal has ruled. Depriving mothers who have taken time off work to …
Dead deal walking: Why the EU law on platform workers is hanging by a thread
The Platform Workers Directive (PWD) was supposed to be a turning point in the so-called Gig Economy as millions of self-employed people who work through platforms across the bloc would …
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Platform-work directive: the clock is ticking
After more than two years of intense negotiation and some dissonance, the fate of the European Union platform-work directive hangs in the balance. In December, a provisional agreement reached in …