The Spanish branch of Uber’s online food delivery platform said that a Spanish law passed last year forcing food delivery companies to contract their couriers as staff has caused a labour shortage as many prefer to remain self-employed and work for rivals that flout the regulation, reports Reuters. Uber Eats published an open letter to the Labour Ministry complaining that the contracts it offered to freelance riders failed to retain enough of them to assure its services. “Our fleets of collaborators can't find enough couriers because these prefer to be self-employed to work with Glovo, the only company that allows it, against the Rider Law," Uber Eats said. A spokesperson for Glovo said the company did not break any law and said it had taken steps to ensure it complied. On May 2021, the Spanish government approved a law recognising riders working for delivery work services platforms such as Deliveroo and UberEats as salaried staff following complaints about their working conditions. The European Commission has recommended other EU countries follow Spain's lead.
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