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Gig Economy Crackdowns Are Off to a Bad Start in Spain
Europe’s first law to turn delivery riders into employees is facing widespread pushback from the couriers and the companies that use them, showing how difficult it will be to change the business model. The Spanish legislation followed a Supreme Court ruling last year and came into force this week. On Monday, Spain’s biggest labor union, CCOO, filed a complaint against the country’s largest online food delivery platform, Glovo, accusing it of defying the spirit of the law by keeping the majority of its drivers and riders as casual workers instead of giving them staff contracts. The company had around 12,000 ... (full story)