Deliveroo forks out to riders in legal battle
Deliveroo is to pay a six-figure bill to settle an employment rights battle brought by dozens of its riders, underlining continuing tensions over the treatment of so-called gig economy workers. Sky News has learnt that the food delivery app has agreed to award 50 of its British couriers sums "in the low thousands of pounds" each to settle the claim before it was formally heard at an employment tribunal in London.The settlement includes no admission of liability, according to a source close to Deliveroo, meaning that it is not expected to change the self-employed status of the company's army of riders.Brought by the law firm Leigh Day, the claim was one of a string of such cases which have brought into sharp focus the dividing lines between gig economy companies ...
