Glovo is leaving the bogus self-employed working model and will hire its delivery staff in Spain

Glovo has decided to promote a new model in Spain that enables the business delivery operate with work providers instead of self-employed peopleas announced on Monday by the company, which explains its decision as part of its “firm commitment to Spain and to the promotion of the digital economy in the country.”

The model change will include all cities in which Glovo is available (currently more than 900), and will apply to all vertical markets of the application.

In this sense, the company has assured that its new model It will at all times maintain the user experience and that of the restaurants and establishments that collaborate with the application across the country.

At the same time the company will open a dialogue table with social agents to provide all guarantees for the process and ensure that the change in business operations is developed with consensus. This forum will be open to the other players in the sector so that they can carry out similar transition processes and adhere to the agreements made.

The food delivery company announced its decision a day before its top manager, Oscar Pierre, testified before a court in Barcelona, ​​accused of a crime against workers’ rights.

Barcelona’s 31st Investigative Court began proceedings this year following a complaint filed by the Public Prosecutor’s Office against Glovo’s founder and CEO, Óscar Pierre.

In its complaint, the prosecutor’s office alleged that the company “undermines and suppresses” workers’ rights due to the riders’ false self-employed status. It therefore requests that Pierre be subpoenaed to declare that he is under investigation. He recalls in his writing that the Supreme Court, as well as other courts, have recognized the employment nature between Glovo and its employees, as have twenty courts that have established that relationship, mostly in dismissal processes.