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.
“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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“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.