An incomplete double movement: Spain's legislative strategy for platform courier reclassification.
This article analyzes Spain’s legislative efforts, particularly the 2021 Ley Rider, to reclassify platform-based food-delivery couriers as employees under conventional employment law. Drawing on an 18-month qualitative case study involving interviews, ethnographic observation, and document analysis,...
| Publicado en: | International Labour Review Vol. 164; no. 4; pp. 1 - 21 |
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2025
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