The Pamplona Social Court has described Glovo workers as "false self-employed". The judgment sometimes confirms that Glovo's distributors are employees of the company and are not self-employed, as Glovo states.

On 1 September the Social Security filed the complaint ex officio and on 14 November the matter was clarified. The company will pay the contributions of 207 riders who worked for Glovo between August 2018 and September 2019, for an amount of 248,738,56 euros. Glovo can still appeal.

The judge concludes that: That Glovo is not merely an intermediary in the procurement of services, but coordinates and organizes such service. The LAB trade union has recalled that freedom and autonomy in the choice that is included in the contracts – days, hours and acceptance or not of the requests – is “not real”, because the application penalises that little distribution is made. Nor did it determine the price and basic working conditions, including the Glovo itself.

Intention to continue the complaints, LAB

The LAB syndicate has celebrated the ruling and stated in a note that they are “very happy” because it continues with the doctrine of the Supreme Court, as other judgments have already determined that riders are false self-employed. However, they express their willingness to continue to denounce, both in the Labor Inspectorate and in the Court, “until Glovo complies strictly with the law.” The union warns that the sentence has come “very late” and has left “many workers” out.