The Government of Spain has passed the Rider law which allows the incorporation of self-employed Glovo, Deliveroo and other platforms into pay. The law will enter into force next August and will allow workers, including those who work for a third party.

There are many distributers who have made collective complaints. Last week a social justice court in Bilbao issued a ruling in favour of 285 workers from Glovo and they were given the employment relationship with Glovo. In Navarre it also follows the procedure of another complaint and both complaints have made the same request: to have a contract to work for another rather than to be self-employed.

A law that is short

For the LAB trade union, the recognition of the working relationship of the workers in Bilbao is a milestone and the rider's law is going to help. However, they want to be included in the hospitality agreement, as the law does not specify in which sector the workers should be. In addition, they believe that it is "short" to solve the case of false self-employed workers, as it does not capture the precarious situations of workers from other sectors and is limited to the distributors sector.

The dealer union RidersxDerechos has participated in the negotiations and has for years been denouncing the precarious situation in which the false self-employed are found. In a statement, the organizers explained that they do not agree with the law: It's not enough. Although it follows the line of its demands, it continues to benefit empresas.El the fact that employers grant a period of four months to start applying the law is "unacceptable" to the institution: "Our labour rights cannot be violated for more than another day," he added. They have also pointed out that it excludes other sectors working in precarious situations. “It leaves the doors open to the integration of many other collectives, which implies a widespread loss of rights.” They have also refused to take into account "paperless" migrants who, they have denounced, lacked papers.

The law does not contain any punitive measures or tax observatories have been set up. According to the union, this observatory should not count on the involvement of employers, “because it is essential to preserve respect for workers’ labour rights and decent working conditions”.

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After almost a year of negotiation, it seems that today the so-called "rider law" comes out.

Our summary is that this is an insufficient step and we have little to celebrate.

We will continue to fight for class rights to be respected trabajadora.https:/t.co/nvduXABM08 pic.twitter.com/bU18i1yH6w

— Riders x Rights (@ridersxderechos) May 11, 2021