Couriers hail landmark win for workers' rights
Ruling says Hermes drivers are workers and entitled to holiday pay
TRADE UNIONISTS hailed a “landmark” legal victory today against bogus self-employment after couriers for gig economy employer Hermes were deemed legally to be workers.
An employment tribunal in Leeds ruled that a group of 15 Hermes couriers were workers and were therefore entitled to receive the national minimum wage and holiday pay.
Employment judge Sarah-Jane Davies found that Hermes couriers were “appointed on terms determined by Hermes, essentially without negotiation.”
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