Barcelona judge orders Glovo founder to trial for maintaining false contractor status
Oscar Pierre faces charges over keeping delivery workers classified as independent contractors despite court orders to hire them as employees.
What to know
- Oscar Pierre, Glovo founder, ordered to stand trial for maintaining delivery riders as false independent contractors in violation of workers' rights laws and despite court orders to hire them as employees.
- Judge found Glovo continued the illegal labor arrangement after the Supreme Court declared it unlawful and after multiple court victories for workers, with riders forced to self-register and pay own social security.
- The false contractor model allowed Glovo to reduce labor costs and avoid employer social security contributions, saving the company significant expenses.
- Prosecutors and CGT union successfully petitioned against Pierre's request to dismiss the case; trial will proceed on charges of labor rights violations.
Oscar Pierre Glovo founderBarcelona judge Investigating magistrateFiscalía (Spanish Prosecutor's Office) ProsecutorsCGT union Labor union representing workers
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Judge details financial benefits Glovo gained from false contractor model
The judge's decision explains that classifying riders as independent contractors allowed Glovo to reduce business costs by avoiding payment of professional salaries according to hours worked and by not making required social security contributions on behalf of workers.
“menoscaba y suprime los derechos a los trabajadores…”
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‼️El juez sienta en el banquillo al fundador de Glovo por mantener como falsos autónomos a los repartidores
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Judge documents Glovo's continued non-compliance with labor rulings after court victories for riders — The judge's decision reveals that despite multiple court judgments and the Supreme Court declaring the false contractor model illegal, Glovo continued the same labor arrangement with riders. The judge stated that workers were forced to register as self-employed and pay their own social security contributions if they wanted to continue working for the company, and that Glovo failed to provide evidence to labor inspectors that it had regularized workers.
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Barcelona judge orders Glovo founder Oscar Pierre to trial for workers' rights violations — A judge in Barcelona ruled that Oscar Pierre must face trial on charges of violating workers' rights by maintaining delivery riders as false independent contractors despite court orders to hire them as employees. The judge rejected Pierre's request to dismiss the case and agreed with prosecutors and the CGT union that the case should proceed to trial.