Díaz will urge the Prosecutor’s Office to investigate if there is a criminal offense between the distribution platforms

Sep. 26 () –

The Second Vice President and Minister of Labor, Yolanda Díaz, announced this Monday that her portfolio is going to urge the State Attorney General’s Office to investigate “if there is an invasion of the criminal sphere” and violation of the rights of workers by delivery platforms.

“I solemnly say that the ‘Rider Law’ is going to be fulfilled. We are in a social and democratic State of Law and the rebellious companies are going to submit to the social and democratic State of Law”, said Díaz during his appearance in the Commission of Work, Inclusion, Social Security and Migrations, in the Congress of Deputies.

The second vice president has recalled that the Labor Inspectorate has already acted “against two companies” that have “abused false self-employed workers” and “practice obstruction” of the Labor Inspectorate.

“This is very serious. We are not going to allow it (…). I am clear: we are not going to stop and yes, the weight of the law is going to fall on those companies, which are a small part that do not comply with these regulations,” stressed the Minister of Labor.

Díaz recalled that since the approval of the ‘Rider Law’, 3,443 employees have gone from January 2021 to 12,144 until April 2022, all of them indefinite contracts, which show that “the law is working” and that most of the companies “are fulfilling their obligations”.

The Minister of Labor has also referred in her speech to the action of the Labor Inspectorate on two of these distribution platforms. From her portfolio they have specified that in the case of Glovo the sanctions amount to almost 150 million euros, of which 87.2 million correspond to the amount in minutes of infractions and 61 million euros come from the liquidation minutes. In addition, she estimates 29,513 affected workers.