The Local Spain https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Spain fines food delivery firm Glovo for not giving riders contracts Spain has fined food delivery firm Glovo nearly €79 million and forced it to give labour contracts to over 10,000 riders in the country, the government said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20220922/spain-fines-food-delivery-firm-glovo-for-not-giving-riders-contracts Thu, 22 Sep 2022 11:45:46 +0200 spain-fines-food-delivery-firm-glovo-for-not-giving-riders-contracts 'A long way to go': Spain's domestics fight to end discrimination For years, Aracely Sánchez went to work without counting her hours, always fearful she could lose her job from one day to the next. https://www.thelocal.es/20220920/a-long-way-to-go-spains-domestics-fight-to-end-discrimination Tue, 20 Sep 2022 17:30:24 +0200 a-long-way-to-go-spains-domestics-fight-to-end-discrimination Q&A: The new rules for hiring a domestic worker in Spain As Spain extends benefits to domestic cleaners and carers, here is what you need to know as an employer in terms of the wages you must pay them, your responsibilities and your rights. https://www.thelocal.es/20220912/qa-the-new-rules-for-hiring-a-domestic-worker-in-spain Mon, 12 Sep 2022 11:32:45 +0200 qa-the-new-rules-for-hiring-a-domestic-worker-in-spain Spain's domestic workers and carers to get landmark labour benefits Spain is to extend labour benefits to hundreds of thousands of domestic cleaners and carers, meaning they can no longer be dismissed without justification and they can claim unemployment benefits, the government said Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20220907/spains-domestic-workers-and-carers-to-get-landmark-labour-benefits Wed, 07 Sep 2022 11:46:18 +0200 spains-domestic-workers-and-carers-to-get-landmark-labour-benefits EU rules Spain's treatment of domestic workers is discriminatory European Union judges on Thursday ruled that there is no valid reason for Spain not to offer domestic workers in the country the right to unemployment benefits as is the case for other contract employees.  https://www.thelocal.es/20220224/eu-rules-spains-treatment-of-domestic-workers-is-discriminatory Thu, 24 Feb 2022 13:13:49 +0100 eu-rules-spains-treatment-of-domestic-workers-is-discriminatory OFFICIAL: Delivery riders become company staff as Spain's labour reform kicks in Spain's cabinet on Tuesday approved a labour law reform that recognises delivery riders working for firms such as Deliveroo or UberEats as staff in a first in the European Union. https://www.thelocal.es/20210512/official-delivery-riders-become-company-staff-as-spains-labour-reform-kicks-in Wed, 12 May 2021 11:03:01 +0200 official-delivery-riders-become-company-staff-as-spains-labour-reform-kicks-in