The Rider Act Two Years Later: Lessons from a Particular Experience
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digital platforms, riders, new forms of employment, social dialogue, ndustrial actionAbstract
Spain has been a pioneer in the regulation of platform work, and for many reasons its experience is interesting from an academic and public policy point of view. Not only for having a monographic law derived from social dialogue: it highlights the relevance of workers’ collective action in the 21st century as well, since it has been the riders’ collective that has managed to change their situation and to force a new regulation. The Rider Act has not been as effective as it was foreseen, though. Some relevant actors in the sector have stubbornly refused to comply with its main mandates, staying at their traditional business model based on self-employment of riders. At the same time, the impact on working and economic conditions has not been as positive as expected. In many cases their income has been reduced, and the social protection they have acceded to has been of low quality. This paper identifies the causes that have produced this phenomenon, which was not contemplated when the new regulation was drawn up.
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