Just Eat denounces Glovo for unfair competitors and claims 295 million euros in damages | Economy | EUROtoday

Just Eat Spain sues Glovo for unfair competitors. The supply firm, which not like Glovo has been working with contracted employees and never self-employed employees, filed the grievance on Friday, November 29, earlier than the Commercial Courts of Barcelona. This Monday morning, simply three days later, Glovo has introduced a historic flip in its technique: it leaves behind the false self-employed mannequin and can rent its supply individuals. At the identical time, tomorrow, Tuesday, the corporate’s high official, Oscar Pierre, will declare that he’s accused of against the law towards employees’ rights.

As detailed by Just Eat Spain, they’re suing Glovo for exercising “an unfair competition action for violating rules and hiring false self-employed workers.” The firm claims a complete of 295 million euros in damages.

“Numerous sentences have condemned Glovo for hiring delivery drivers as false self-employed workers and violating Labor Law regulations. This places Just Eat España in a clear situation of competitive disadvantage, since Just Eat España, as required by law, does hire paid delivery drivers, incurring high additional costs,” says Just Eat España in a statement. . The company estimates that Glovo has saved more than €645 million by hiring fake freelancers in recent years, “which has allowed Glovo to acquire a significant competitive advantage.”

“Just Eat Spain has been a pioneer in the platform market delivery where it has operated since 2010, with a staff of more than 2,500 people. It was also the first platform to sign a company collective agreement with the main unions in the country in December 2021,” adds Just Eat España. This company does not operate with false freelancers: some are hired directly by the company and others are employed by temporary employment companies.

Glovo introduced this Monday that it’s shifting from its mentioned technique with false self-employed employees to a 100% labor mannequin, with contracted employees. “The Spanish technology company Glovo has decided to promote a new model in Spain that will allow operations with labor distributors. This decision and commitment occurs 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 the cities in which Glovo is available, which currently exceeds 900, and will apply to all verticals of the application,” Glovo says in a press release.