Uber’s food delivery platform agrees to pay severance to couriers let go ahead of Spain’s Riders Law

Uber’s delivery business in Spain has settled with local labor unions which were challenging its dismissal of more than 4,000 riders in August last year ahead of a labor law reform coming into force — acknowledging the dismissed couriers as staff and agreeing to pay severance equivalent to 45 days’ salary per year worked (via Reuters).
In a statement emailed to TechCrunch, an Uber spokesperson said:
“This agreement with worker unions in Spain aims at compensating couriers who were not able to access our app following the introduction of the Rider Law in 2021. We have since th

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