The delivery platform Glovo has reached an agreement with the unions to execute a File of Employment Regulation (ERE) that will affect 436 delivery drivers, a figure lower than the 766 dismissals initially proposed by the company.
The agreement comes after days of negotiation and a first strike at the company, in a context of strong labor tension after Glovo's shift towards a salaried employment model in 2025, abandoning the freelance system after years of litigation and sanctions from the Labor Inspectorate.
Fewer layoffs than expected
The final adjustment reduces the initially planned impact by about 300 people on the company's current workforce of around 11,000 workers.
Of the 436 dismissals, 68 could be avoided through voluntary redeployments, which consist of transferring delivery drivers from smaller cities to larger municipalities located at a maximum distance of about 19 kilometers.
Presence in multiple provinces
Glovo has argued that the reorganization responds to the need to reduce its activity in more than 60 locations to avoid the closure of operations in certain areas, maintaining its service unchanged in more than 800 cities in Spain.
The ERE affects provinces such as Barcelona, Valencia, Sevilla, Málaga, Cádiz, Alicante, Cáceres, Badajoz, Girona, Tarragona, Ciudad Real, Guadalajara and Gipuzkoa, in addition to Ceuta and Melilla.
Improved compensation
One of the key points of the agreement is the improvement of compensatory conditions. Affected workers will receive 37 days per year worked, above the usual maximum for unfair dismissals.
In those territories where there is no possibility of relocation, compensation may be increased to 42 days per year worked.
Furthermore, the agreement incorporates a particularly relevant element: the calculation of periods worked as self-employed within the compensation calculation, something that unions had been demanding for a long time.
An agreement after months of labor conflict
The agreement comes at a time of profound transformation for the company, which in the last year has moved to operate under a salaried employment scheme after years of controversy with Spanish labor regulations.
The negotiation process has been accompanied by protests from workers and unions, who denounced the impact of the adjustment on the working conditions of the home delivery sector.