Labour violation: Spain fines food delivery app $78 million
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Madrid: Not because of making delivery employees full time, the government of Spain fined a delivery firm, Glovo, around 79 million euros (USD 78 million). App-based food delivery platforms are obliged to make their delivery workers full-time in the country as per a 2021 law, Associated Press reported.
On Wednesday, Spanish Labour Minister Yolanda Díaz told reporters at the Spanish Parliament that Glovo kept some 10,000 regular riders as self-employed workers when they must have been recruited as staff employees.
"We are talking about workers who are actually not self-employed, and so the full weight of the law will fall on the company," Díaz said.
The minister confirmed the fine after the development go reported by Cadena SER radio. The penalty was imposed as a result of an inspection conducted by work monitors, and it led Glovo to hire the mentioned 10,000 delivery personnel.
A Spanish company, Glovo, do service in 25 countries across Europe.