#DeliveryHero 's #Glovo, will transition its #freelance delivery #riders in #Spain to #employee status to mitigate legal uncertainties and potential liabilities, after facing hefty fines for not complying with Spain's Riders Law.
#FutureOfWork #GigEconomy
https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/delivery-hero-says-glovo-riders-spain-become-employees-2024-12-02/
This article explores how delivery platforms' "chameleonic strategies"—outsourcing, maintaining contractor models, undocumented work—have undermined the effectiveness of Spain's #RidersLaw in eradicating bogus self-employment and enhancing access to safety nets.
https://academic.oup.com/ser/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ser/mwae066/7863433
The times, are they changing? Examining platform companies' chameleonic labour process as a response to the Spanish Ley Rider

Abstract. This article investigates the effects of the Spanish initiative to deploy a universal presumption of employment relationship for all platform cou

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