The so-called Law Rider, turned into one of the horses of Spanish labor policy battle in the last two years, shows that not only in our country is a more than hot topic.
A reality regarding labor rights that right now is also kicking in Colombia, where the executive led by President Gustavo Petro has reached a preliminary agreement with the applications of delivery that operate in the South American country.
In this case, the information echoed Bloomberg is that the apps will take care of up to 60% of social contributions of around 120,000 riders that operate in Colombian territory. However, the negotiations carried out by the Colombian government and by a group of start-ups and delivery companies known as Tanzanian have suffered tensions throughout 2023.
However, after the pre-agreement signed by Petro and Tanzanian —which represents the largest delivery companies in Colombia, including Rappi, the market leader— it means ironing out rough edges in a operation that is valued annually at around 1.4 million dollars —1.29 million euros— and which will mean that these apps provide 60% of the health insurance and labor contributions of the 120,000 ridersregardless of whether they are autonomous or not.
Framed in a labor tug of war, which even led to strikes last March, the executive of Gustavo Petro —of a socialist tendency— has been since coming to power at the end of 2022 trying to promote a labor reform that, among other things, restrict temporary contracts, prohibit working more than eight hours a day and make it difficult to fire workers.
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A similar situation —if it is transferred to the rider terrain— of the one that has been experienced in Spain, because it also has certain parallels. One of them is the origin of the capital that is behind companies like Rappi, since it is of Colombian origin, but it has raised financing rounds where they have also American investment funds entered. In the same way, an economic analyst from the company Americas Markets Intelligence considers —as reflected Bloomberg— that “the costs derived from this regulation will end up being passed on to sellers and consumers”.
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