Glovo, rider's situation improves: €200 more and more controls against illegal labour

The rider company Glovo announces that it has received a positive opinion from the Milan Public Prosecutor's Office on the path it has taken against digital caporalato, after last February's receivership imposed by the Court of Milan. This was stated by the company itself in a statement. And in the meantime, at the end of the day, an extra 200 euros will already arrive in the workers' pockets in June.

"In recent months," the statement continues, "Glovo has cooperated in a continuous, transparent and constructive manner with the Public Prosecutor's Office, making available all the information requested and defining an articulated plan of action aimed at further strengthening its operational, organisational and control standards. The agreed measures include an economic commitment and a strengthening in terms of organisation and compliance, confirming the centrality of the Italia market and the Group's clear desire to continue investing in the country'. The Spanish company, with a holding in Germany, will therefore not leave the country (as has already happened with Uber after the request to regularise and stabilise relations with its employees), but intends to improve the working conditions of riders: at least this is what is perceived in these hours.

'Glovo,' it says, 'confirms its commitment to continue its dialogue with institutions and all stakeholders, enhancing the debate linked to collective bargaining and promoting a model based on transparency, accountability and continuous improvement'.

However, the goal of the commissioner was and remains the achievement of the national collective agreement. It is proceeding in steps. From 1 June 2026 Glovo-Foodinho riders will be paid an increase in the 'minimum gross hourly rate' to 'EUR 14' per hour against the EUR 10 currently provided for in the national collective agreement of Assodelivery signed with the Ugl, contested by the prosecutor Paolo Storari as not respecting the dignity of workers. The figure will now be parameterised to the actual delivery time, calculated according to a series of criteria that also take into account the moment the order is accepted, the time to reach the pick-up point and the rider's wait at the restaurant or point of sale. This is what emerges from Glovo's plan.

The measures prepared by Joaquin Vazquez, Foodihno's general manager for Italia and Southern Europe, will bring about 200 euro more per month into the pockets of riders for the same work. In the investigation by the Milan labour inspection unit, average wages of between '900 and 1,100 euro' gross are contested for workers for 'a number of hours significantly higher than the normal weekly working hours', with wages below the poverty line and contrary to the Constitution because they do not guarantee a 'free and dignified' existence. Glovo undertook to pay the riders, as of the date of the judicial review, an 'increase' in the 'minimum consideration per order proposal' of no less than EUR 3 gross, as a form of recovery of the past. The Assodelivery and Ugl contract will be effectively abandoned.