“The current organising drive at Starbucks stores across the USA illustrates both the difficulty for unions in countering the power of multinational companies – and, more importantly, the momentum that can be …
Italy ratifies the ILO Convention (No. 190) on the elimination of violence and harassment in the world of work
On 29 October 2021, Italy deposited the instrument of ratification of the Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190) , with the Director-General of the ILO, thereby becoming the ninth country in …
Milan, first conviction for caporalato on riders: 3 years and eight months to the former intermediary of Uber. 440 thousand euros in compensation to the deliverymen
In Italy, the court has convicted the intermediary for Uber for illegal hiring with a sentence of three years and eight months and required to pay compensation of about 10 …
ETUI: Social Protection of Non-standard Workers & the Self-Employed during the Pandemic
“The Covid‑19 pandemic severely affected some categories of non-standard workers, and particularly the self‑employed. The emergency measures cushioned the potentially disastrous effect on their social circumstances, but undeniably highlighted even more the gaps in …
Ray-Ban maker Luxottica accused of anti-union behaviour at U.S. Georgia plant
U.S. and international unions have accused Ray-Ban maker Luxottica, the Italian arm of eyewear giant EssilorLuxottica (ESLX.PA), of violating workers’ right to unionise at a U.S. plant in Georgia and asked …
Italian watchdog takes aim at delivery firm’s gig-worker algorithms
MILAN, July 5 (Reuters) – Italy’s data protection authority on Monday ordered the delivery firm Foodinho, owned by the Spanish start-up Glovo, to change the computer algorithms used to manage …
Rider companies are under investigation. The prosecutor: “Hiring 60 thousand, they are not slaves”
Six people, including CEOs, legal representatives or security delegates, of the companies Uber Eats, Glovo-Foodinho, JustEat and Deliveroo, are under investigation as part of an investigation by the Milan Public …
Glovo assuma il fattorino come dipendente
Glovo ha l’obbligo di assumere il suo rider come dipendente, a tempo pieno e indeterminato. Non solo: deve pure pagarlo con uno stipendio orario, quindi non a cottimo come ha fatto finora, e applicare i minimi salariali previsti dal contratto …
Just Eat to hire its food-delivery riders as employees
Just Eat said Monday that its food-delivery riders in Italy will be hired as employees next year, rather than working on a freelance basis. As a result, the riders will …
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