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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.
Delivery rider Manzurul Hoque from Bangladesh gestures during an interview at Universitat square in Barcelona, Spain, February 26, 2021. REUTERS/Albert Gea
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.
It is the latest challenge to the freewheeling gig economy model in Europe after a landmark UK ruling requiring Uber to pay the minimum wage to its drivers, with the European Union set to propose an EU-wide regulatory framework by year-end.
By Beln Carreo and Joan Faus MADRID (Reuters) - Thousands of kilometres (miles) away from his native Venezuela, 48-year-old Nestor Perez died last mon.
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.