Spain s gig economy poses labour rights conundrum as regulation eyed Reuters 3/3/2021 By Belén Carreño and Joan Faus © Reuters/ALBERT GEA Delivery rider Manzurul Hoque from Bangladesh gestures during an interview at Universitat square in Barcelona
By Belén Carreño and Joan Faus
MADRID (Reuters) - Thousands of kilometres (miles) away from his native Venezuela, 48-year-old Nestor Perez died last month on the streets of Madrid when he was hit by a garbage truck while delivering a food order for Deliveroo.
Such tragedies have cast a spotlight on the precarious conditions of often immigrant workers in Spain s gig economy at a time when the government, ahead of its European peers, is drafting legislation to regulate the sector.
Spain s gig economy poses labour rights conundrum as regulation eyed
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