Last modified on Thu 15 Apr 2021 09.29 EDT
Drivers at one of the UK’s largest delivery firms say they are having to work for free for several hours a day, according to their representatives, despite the company expanding its workforce by thousands during the pandemic.
Union officials said they had challenged Hermes UK following multiple complaints from couriers in several areas of the country who say they feel compelled to “muck in” with the parcel sorting process in understaffed depots because they cannot start earning any money until it is done. While some are paid for this work, many are not, the GMB union said.
Uber concede el estatuto de trabajadores a conductores británicos
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Nueva legislación de conductores de Uber en Reino Unido puede traer un cambio en Europa
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Uber drivers in the UK are to get a guaranteed minimum wage, holiday pay and pensions.
More than 70,000 drivers, who are now to be treated as workers under UK employment law, will be in line for the benefits – which are set to take effect from Wednesday.
Jamie Heywood, Uber’s regional general manager for Northern and Eastern Europe, described it as “an important day” for drivers in the UK, while trade unions bosses said “Uber had to be dragged kicking and screaming to do the right thing” after a long-running legal battle.
It comes a month after the Uber firm lost a legal battle in the UK, begun in 2016, over drivers’ status.