Deliveroo drivers demand union recognition and minimum wage after Uber workers’ rights ruling
8 years, 4 months ago

Deliveroo drivers demand union recognition and minimum wage after Uber workers’ rights ruling

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The judgment could entitle thousands of “gig economy” workers to holiday pay and a guaranteed minimum wage. IWGB general secretary Jason Moyer-Lee said: “Of course, for the CAC to entertain our request they will need to decide that Deliveroo drivers are ‘workers’ and not the ‘independent contractors’ you have bogusly deemed them to be,” Moyer-Lee said. “Deliveroo drivers work for Deliveroo and as such they should be entitled to paid holiday, minimum wage, trade union rights, and all the other rights associated with worker status.” Experts said the case could be hugely significant. Aaron Hayward, employment specialist at DJM Solicitors said it was “no surprise” the drivers were taking action after the Uber case.“The explosion of the gig economy means many thousands of workers across the UK are now engaged in temporary, casual work that doesn’t entitle them to paid holiday, minimum wage and other rights, because they are officially classified as ‘contractors’,” he said.

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Thousands of Uber and Bolt drivers strike on Valentine’s Day
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Thousands of Uber and Bolt drivers strike on Valentine’s Day

The Independent  

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Riders and shareholders to challenge Deliveroo on pay and job security at AGM
10 months, 1 week ago

Riders and shareholders to challenge Deliveroo on pay and job security at AGM

The Independent  

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UK Deliveroo and UberEats drivers to strike on Valentine’s Day
1 year, 1 month ago

UK Deliveroo and UberEats drivers to strike on Valentine’s Day

The Independent  

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Supreme Court sides with Deliveroo couriers over contract, pension payments
1 year, 4 months ago

Supreme Court sides with Deliveroo couriers over contract, pension payments

NL Times  

The Supreme Court ruled on Friday that Deliveroo deliverers fall under the collective labor agreement for professional freight transport. After the appeal, Deliveroo appealed to the Supreme Court in December 2021 and found, among other things, that delivering meals by bicycle should not fall under the heading 'transport of goods by road'. FNV director Anja Dijkman said that "Employees are …

Dodging stabbings and immigration officers for £2: Day in the life of a Deliveroo Driver
1 year, 4 months ago

Dodging stabbings and immigration officers for £2: Day in the life of a Deliveroo Driver

The Independent  

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Deliveroo riders aren’t entitled to collective bargaining rights, UK court says
1 year, 4 months ago

Deliveroo riders aren’t entitled to collective bargaining rights, UK court says

Associated Press  

LONDON — Britain’s top court said Tuesday that riders for one of the country’s biggest meal delivery companies don’t have collective bargaining rights because they aren’t employees, a setback for gig economy workers who are pushing for better pay and working conditions. “Flexibility, including the option for account substitution, is no reason to strip workers of basic entitlements like fair …

Europe takes on Uber, Deliveroo and other gig economy firms, workers to get employee rights
3 years, 3 months ago

Europe takes on Uber, Deliveroo and other gig economy firms, workers to get employee rights

Firstpost  

Spain was the first European Union to give delivery workers full rights in August, recognising them as salaried staff with all the rights and protections that entails, including sick leave and paid holidays A growing number of countries are taking on gig economy giants like Uber, Bolt and Deliveroo who routinely treat their workers as freelancers without normal labour rights. …

Uber and Deliveroo drivers protest over hundreds of ‘unfair’ dismissals
3 years, 8 months ago

Uber and Deliveroo drivers protest over hundreds of ‘unfair’ dismissals

The Independent  

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Deliveroo riders to be trained to spot domestic abuse
3 years, 9 months ago

Deliveroo riders to be trained to spot domestic abuse

The Independent  

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UK-based Deliveroo's riders to strike over pay, gig work conditions
3 years, 11 months ago

UK-based Deliveroo's riders to strike over pay, gig work conditions

Business Standard  

Gig economy riders for the app-based meal delivery platform Deliveroo are set to join strikes in five U.K. cities Wednesday over pay and working conditions. The Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain, which represents migrant and gig workers, said socially distanced protests are planned in London, York, Reading, Sheffield and Wolverhampton to demand fair pay, safety protections and basic workers' …

Uber’s Supreme Court fudge could be one of its biggest mistakes yet
4 years ago

Uber’s Supreme Court fudge could be one of its biggest mistakes yet

Wired  

Getty Images After five years of legal battles and intense lobbying to stop it, Uber has sent a message to its 70,000 drivers in the UK, saying that they are all being reclassified as workers. The ride-hailing platform said it would recognise all drivers as workers, as dictated by the Supreme Court judgment last month. In a message to drivers, …

Uber to give UK drivers minimum wage, pension, holiday pay
4 years ago

Uber to give UK drivers minimum wage, pension, holiday pay

The Independent  

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Why gig economy workers aren’t cheering Uber’s about-face just yet
4 years ago

Why gig economy workers aren’t cheering Uber’s about-face just yet

CNN  

London CNN Business — Uber has made a major concession on labor rights in the United Kingdom. “There’s obviously been so much pressure from drivers and trade unions who would support a class action against Uber,” said Rebecca Thornley-Gibson, a partner at London law firm DMH Stallard. Fighting since 2016 Uber fought a five-year legal battle against the change in …

Uber will make their 70,000 UK drivers 'workers' from TODAY
4 years ago

Uber will make their 70,000 UK drivers 'workers' from TODAY

Daily Mail  

Uber fares could rise after drivers in Britain claimed they were being 'short changed' and pledged to take their battle for workers' rights back to court. Uber drivers of the App Drivers & Couriers Union, celebrate the court decision last month More than 70,000 drivers were last month ruled by judges to be employees of the company under UK law …

Uber’s UK drivers to get paid vacation, pensions following Supreme Court ruling
4 years ago

Uber’s UK drivers to get paid vacation, pensions following Supreme Court ruling

CNN  

CNN Business — Uber is reclassifying its 70,000 drivers in the United Kingdom after the UK Supreme Court upheld a ruling last month that they should be classified as workers and not independent contractors. Last month, the court ruled that a group of Uber drivers that brought a case to an employment tribunal were not independent contractors because their activities …

Indian Unions Want Regulation As UK Rules Uber Drivers Are Workers
4 years, 1 month ago

Indian Unions Want Regulation As UK Rules Uber Drivers Are Workers

The Quint  

The Uber case began in 2016 when Uber drivers James Farrar, Yasseen Aslam and their fellow claimants successfully took on the firm in an employment tribunal, contending they were workers and, therefore, entitled to a minimum wage and paid leave. Uber lost a string of subsequent appeals, culminating in the latest unanimous judgment against them by the UK’s Supreme Court. …

The Supreme Court’s ruling on Uber sets an important precedent
4 years, 1 month ago

The Supreme Court’s ruling on Uber sets an important precedent

The Independent  

Uber has run out of road in its attempt to restrict its drivers’ employment. The Supreme Court has accorded Uber drivers the legal status of “workers”. Employment tribunals will still need to apply it to circumstances subtly but crucially distinct from the Uber drivers’ case. Thus a tax official might conceivably – and lawfully – view an Uber driver as …

Uber drivers are workers entitled to holiday pay, Supreme Court rules in landmark gig economy decision
4 years, 1 month ago

Uber drivers are workers entitled to holiday pay, Supreme Court rules in landmark gig economy decision

The Independent  

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Uber drivers entitled to worker rights, UK's top court rules
4 years, 1 month ago

Uber drivers entitled to worker rights, UK's top court rules

The Hindu  

A group of Uber drivers are entitled to worker rights such as the minimum wage, Britain's Supreme Court ruled on Friday in a blow to the ride-hailing service that has ramifications for millions of others in the gig economy. In a case led by two former Uber drivers, a London employment tribunal ruled in 2016 that they were due entitlements …

Uber passengers face higher prices after court ruling on drivers
4 years, 1 month ago

Uber passengers face higher prices after court ruling on drivers

The Telegraph  

Uber passengers face higher prices and reduced availability after a court ruled that its drivers are workers entitled to holiday and sick pay and the minimum wage. The Supreme Court found that Uber's drivers are not independent third-party contractors and should receive basic employment protections, in a blow to the taxi app and other gig economy firms. Many will also …

Uber: UK Supreme Court rules that drivers are ‘workers,’ not independent contractors
4 years, 1 month ago

Uber: UK Supreme Court rules that drivers are ‘workers,’ not independent contractors

CNN  

London CNN Business — Uber is reviewing how it treats thousands of drivers in the United Kingdom after the Supreme Court upheldaruling that they should be classified as workers and not independent contractors. The court said Friday that the group of Uber drivers that brought the case toan employment tribunalwere not independent contractors because their activities were “very tightly defined …

Labor Union Sues To Reverse California Proposition Keeping Uber, Lyft Drivers As Contractors
4 years, 2 months ago

Labor Union Sues To Reverse California Proposition Keeping Uber, Lyft Drivers As Contractors

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Ride-share drivers and the SEIU labor union are suing to overturn Proposition 22, which allows Uber and Lyft to classify drivers as contractors rather than as employees, keeping them from receiving benefits and labor protections. “Every day, rideshare drivers like me struggle to make ends meet because companies like Uber and Lyft prioritize corporate profits over our …

Gig economy under the microscope as former Deliveroo driver takes company to Fair Work Commission for unfair dismissal
4 years, 5 months ago

Gig economy under the microscope as former Deliveroo driver takes company to Fair Work Commission for unfair dismissal

ABC  

The debate over whether food delivery drivers deserve employee rights has once again entered the courts with a former Deliveroo driver taking the company to the Fair Work Commission to argue he was unfairly dismissed. "The companies say these people aren't working for us, we are providing tech support to a business the contractors are running," says Andrew Stewart, a …

Gig economy workers receive new rights across European Union
5 years, 11 months ago

Gig economy workers receive new rights across European Union

The Telegraph  

Workers in the so-called "gig economy" including Uber drivers and Deliveroo couriers will be given new employment rights across the European Union, after lawmakers approved the new rules on Tuesday. The new laws, which EU member states will have three years to implement, put in place minimum rights for freelancer workers, such as compensation for cancelled work and more regular …

Hermes couriers entitled to holiday pay and minimum wage after 'groundbreaking' gig economy deal
6 years, 1 month ago

Hermes couriers entitled to holiday pay and minimum wage after 'groundbreaking' gig economy deal

The Independent  

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Uber drivers are entitled to workers’ rights, Court of Appeal says in landmark gig economy ruling
6 years, 3 months ago

Uber drivers are entitled to workers’ rights, Court of Appeal says in landmark gig economy ruling

The Independent  

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Deliveroo riders lose latest legal battle over collective bargaining rights
6 years, 3 months ago

Deliveroo riders lose latest legal battle over collective bargaining rights

The Independent  

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Deliveroo drivers being denied basic human rights, High Court is told
6 years, 4 months ago

Deliveroo drivers being denied basic human rights, High Court is told

The Independent  

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Hundreds of ‘precarious workers’ march through London as Uber faces Court of Appeal
6 years, 5 months ago

Hundreds of ‘precarious workers’ march through London as Uber faces Court of Appeal

The Independent  

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Uber faces Court of Appeal in landmark gig economy workers' rights case
6 years, 5 months ago

Uber faces Court of Appeal in landmark gig economy workers' rights case

The Independent  

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Uber strike: Drivers to stage 24-hour walkout in London, Birmingham and Nottingham over pay and conditions
6 years, 5 months ago

Uber strike: Drivers to stage 24-hour walkout in London, Birmingham and Nottingham over pay and conditions

The Independent  

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Labour would give 'gig economy' workers full employment rights, John McDonnell says
6 years, 6 months ago

Labour would give 'gig economy' workers full employment rights, John McDonnell says

The Independent  

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Deliveroo threatens to terminate workers after losing their contracts
6 years, 8 months ago

Deliveroo threatens to terminate workers after losing their contracts

ABC  

Deliveroo has admitted to losing some of its workers' contracts and has threatened to suspend some of them from getting future work on its app. Key points: Deliveroo is "not currently able" to locate some of its workers' contracts Its delivery riders have been given until Friday to either sign new contracts, or produce their signed agreements The company will …

Deliveroo faces inquiry into working conditions by MPs
6 years, 9 months ago

Deliveroo faces inquiry into working conditions by MPs

The Independent  

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Union defeats Deliveroo in latest round of gig economy rights case
6 years, 9 months ago

Union defeats Deliveroo in latest round of gig economy rights case

The Independent  

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Gig economy union seeks judicial review of Deliveroo minimum wage ruling
7 years, 1 month ago

Gig economy union seeks judicial review of Deliveroo minimum wage ruling

The Independent  

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Gig economy: Theresa May promises to improve conditions for millions of workers
7 years, 1 month ago

Gig economy: Theresa May promises to improve conditions for millions of workers

The Independent  

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Uber ordered to treat drivers as workers with full rights after losing appeal in landmark case
7 years, 4 months ago

Uber ordered to treat drivers as workers with full rights after losing appeal in landmark case

The Independent  

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Drivers to defend British tribunal's decision about workers' rights at Uber
7 years, 6 months ago

Drivers to defend British tribunal's decision about workers' rights at Uber

Firstpost  

Uber’s a transportation services company marketing itself to customers as giving a uniform experience and pricing of what it means ‘to take an Uber’ Two drivers were set to defend a British tribunal decision giving them workers’ rights at Uber on Thursday, the latest threat to the taxi app’s business model which is battling to keep its licence in London. …

Deliveroo gives riders GoPros following London acid attacks
7 years, 7 months ago

Deliveroo gives riders GoPros following London acid attacks

Wired  

Food delivery startup Deliveroo is introducing new safety measures for its riders to help protect them from violence. The announcement comes shortly after a string of acid attacks targeting Londoners, with riders working for Deliveroo and UberEats among the victims in July. “We will do everything we can to protect our riders and have put in place new measures so …

UK employers working in ‘gig economy’ for companies like Uber deserve more rights
7 years, 8 months ago

UK employers working in ‘gig economy’ for companies like Uber deserve more rights

Firstpost  

Britons working in the “gig economy” for firms such as Uber and takeaway food courier Deliveroo deserve more rights said a government-commissioned report. Britons working in the “gig economy” for firms such as taxi app Uber and takeaway food courier Deliveroo deserve more rights, a government-commissioned report said on 11 July. “The best way to achieve better work is not …

Deliveroo, Uber and Amazon accused of exploiting workers with 'unintelligible' contracts
7 years, 11 months ago

Deliveroo, Uber and Amazon accused of exploiting workers with 'unintelligible' contracts

The Independent  

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Plumber wins legal battle for workers' rights in landmark case for gig economy
8 years, 1 month ago

Plumber wins legal battle for workers' rights in landmark case for gig economy

The Independent  

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Uber ordered to pay drivers minimum wage in landmark case
8 years, 2 months ago

Uber ordered to pay drivers minimum wage in landmark case

The Independent  

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Uber's happy go lucky drivers never existed - it was exploitation from the start
8 years, 5 months ago

Uber's happy go lucky drivers never existed - it was exploitation from the start

The Independent  

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The Deliveroo strike has shown students need greater education about worker rights
8 years, 7 months ago

The Deliveroo strike has shown students need greater education about worker rights

The Independent  

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Deliveroo courier strike: Employers cannot 'simply opt out of the National Living Wage', says Government
8 years, 7 months ago

Deliveroo courier strike: Employers cannot 'simply opt out of the National Living Wage', says Government

The Independent  

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Deliveroo CEO apologises after new staff pay scheme is compared to Victorian Britain
8 years, 7 months ago

Deliveroo CEO apologises after new staff pay scheme is compared to Victorian Britain

The Independent  

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Deliveroo agrees to pay workers £7 an hour after wage protests
8 years, 7 months ago

Deliveroo agrees to pay workers £7 an hour after wage protests

The Independent  

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