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Regulation · 5 October 2026

# As of today, companies must explain to their employees how the algorithm that manages their job works

Original title, in Spanish: “Desde hoy, las empresas tienen que explicar a sus trabajadores cómo funciona el algoritmo que gestiona su puesto de trabajo”

**Publication**

Xataka (Spain)

**Author**

[Rubén Andrés](https://www.xataka.com/autor/ruben-andres)

**Published on**

5 October 2026 · read in the page structured data

## Summary

As of today in Spain, Real Decreto 723/2026, which transposes European Directive 2019/1152, requires companies to inform their employees of the existence of algorithmic or automated systems that decide their schedules, tasks, pay, promotion or dismissal, and to explain the rules and criteria on which these systems operate. This obligation is in addition to the Ley Rider and the GDPR, but establishes an individual right, and no longer only a collective one, to this information. The article recalls the case of Amazon, whose recruitment algorithm discriminated against women's CVs, and that of Foodinho (a Glovo subsidiary), fined €5 million in Italy for unlawful processing of the data of more than 35,000 delivery riders. Companies are not required to disclose the code of their algorithms, only their criteria.

Summary based on the full text of the article.

[Read the article on Xataka →](https://www.xataka.com/legislacion-y-derechos/hoy-empresas-tienen-que-explicar-a-sus-trabajadores-como-funciona-algoritmo-que-gestiona-su-puesto-trabajo)

## Figures cited

-   5,000,000 EUR
    
    Amount of the fine imposed on Foodinho (a Glovo subsidiary) for unlawful processing of delivery riders' data
    
    Italy, fine imposed by the data protection authority (Garante)
    
    > « En Italia, el Garante de protección de datos sancionó con 5 millones de euros a Foodinho, filial de Glovo, porque había tratado de forma ilícita los datos de más de 35.000 repartidores. »
    
    Source: Garante per la protezione dei dati personali (Italie)
    
-   35,000 repartidores
    
    Number of delivery riders whose data was unlawfully processed by Foodinho
    
    Italy
    
    > « había tratado de forma ilícita los datos de más de 35.000 repartidores »
    
    Source: Garante per la protezione dei dati personali (Italie)
    

## Classification

**Country**

Spain

**Company size**

All sizes

**Industries**

All industries, or industry not specified

**Companies**

Welpay (cited), Foodinho (cited), Amazon (cited), Glovo (cited)

**Keywords**

algorithmic transparency, algorithmic management, employment law, european directive, algorithmic discrimination, human resources

Entry written by Marsanne Studio from the cited article, with the help of an AI model (claude-sonnet-5). The rights to the article and its illustrations belong to Xataka and its author. Entry translated from French by Claude Sonnet 5.5.