Deliveroo is a large food distribution company in Britain which, from now on, is not going to work in Hego Euskal Herria. The company announced in summer that it has decided to abandon the Spanish State on the grounds of "market viability". They report that they have made collective redundancies: In total, 3,800 workers have been dismissed, of which 100 were from the company’s structure and the rest of the company’s workers.

It is no coincidence that after six years the Spanish Government is now going from the Spanish State, since in August the Spanish Executive has already approved the Rider Law, but it is no coincidence. This law obliges distribution companies to hire the “false self-employed” that they have as distributors, so they aim to ensure that riders have the same working conditions as other hospitality workers. Delivero pointed out that to comply with the law and compete with companies such as Glovo or Uber Eats, they should make “very high investments” and the profitability would be “very uncertain” because, seeing that it could affect the economic viability of the company, they prefer to leave the state. Delivero has been denounced for all these years for keeping distributors as false self-employed.

Collective dismissal

In August, Deliveroo started to enter into employment contracts with distributors, but not with the intention of improving the conditions of the riders, but now, when the company leaves, to be able to make the collective redundancy. The company has stressed that "adequate" redundancy payments have been made to workers, both for workers and for the company. According to the portal Eldiario.es, the salary per year worked is 45 days, with a minimum of EUR 1,000 per year.