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The Portuguese Government presented a preliminary draft proposal for the transposition of the Platform Work Directive in July 2025 called ‘Work XXI’. The proposal would significantly weaken the current legal presumption of employment in the platform economy in Portugal, which was introduced in 2023, and it is questionable whether it would be compliant with the […]
Portuguese Supreme Court finds Glovo rider meets criteria to be an employee
Food delivery couriers for Glovo are employees, the Portuguese Supreme Court of Justice (STJ) found on May 28 2025, bringing clarity to a legal dispute over the issue in the southern European country. Portugal introduced a rebuttable legal presumption of employment in the platform economy to its labour code in May 2023, based on a […]