A Spanish YouTuber is suing Google Spain, a unit of Alphabet Inc , for wrongful dismissal in a case that could set a precedent for content creators' labour rights, Spanish union UGT said on Thursday.
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The lawsuit seeks to demonstrate an employment relationship between Jota, a creator of political satire content whose real name has not been disclosed, and Alphabet’s YouTube because he regularly provided his services and received remuneration derived from advertising revenue, UGT said.
Google Spain blocked Jota’s YouTube channel “Último Bastión” (Last Stronghold) from earning advertising revenue in August.
He said they had called on the court to classify Jota and YouTube’s a labour relationship and his effective dismissal as “wrongful”.
Google says that content creators are not employees and that in this particular case Jota’s channel did not comply with YouTube monetisation policies.
Spain became a pioneer in Europe in gig-economy workers’ rights when it forced food delivery companies to hire as staff their riders in 2021.
The UGT said it was committed to fighting false self-employment and precarious labour conditions it says tech giants seek to impose.
“He says that the company withdrew money that was already in his YouTube payments account.” this is the huge part not included in this summary. I don’t think an employer can withdraw money from an employee’s account. At least not in the EU.
I don’t think an employer can withdraw money from an employee’s account. At least not in the EU.
It is very illegal in the EU. It requires quite a lot of burocracy to even start the procedure to do so legally if for example part of the money was given by mistake.
But you cannot just remove an entire salary, not even if they start a procedure to so. That is just asking for a fun session in court.
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The lawsuit seeks to demonstrate an employment relationship between Jota, a creator of political satire content whose real name has not been disclosed, and Alphabet’s YouTube because he regularly provided his services and received remuneration derived from advertising revenue, UGT said.
Google Spain blocked Jota’s YouTube channel “Último Bastión” (Last Stronghold) from earning advertising revenue in August.
He said they had called on the court to classify Jota and YouTube’s a labour relationship and his effective dismissal as “wrongful”.
Google says that content creators are not employees and that in this particular case Jota’s channel did not comply with YouTube monetisation policies.
Spain became a pioneer in Europe in gig-economy workers’ rights when it forced food delivery companies to hire as staff their riders in 2021.
The UGT said it was committed to fighting false self-employment and precarious labour conditions it says tech giants seek to impose.
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“He says that the company withdrew money that was already in his YouTube payments account.” this is the huge part not included in this summary. I don’t think an employer can withdraw money from an employee’s account. At least not in the EU.
But I’m not a lawyer.
It is very illegal in the EU. It requires quite a lot of burocracy to even start the procedure to do so legally if for example part of the money was given by mistake.
But you cannot just remove an entire salary, not even if they start a procedure to so. That is just asking for a fun session in court.