Hermes is to offer drivers guaranteed minimum wages and holiday pay under an agreement with the eCourier union that is the first in the UK to give trade union recognition to workers in the gig economy. Under the terms of the deal, the courier company’s nearly 200 drivers will remain self-employed, but can opt into contracts that provide better rights. “It is the dawning of a new era where drivers and Hermes have to work together in partnership.” last summer , 15,000 couriers for the firm won the right to be categorised as “workers”, and thus entitled to holiday pay, the minimum wage, rest breaks and protection against discrimination.
Hermes is to offer drivers guaranteed minimum wages and holiday pay under an agreement with the eCourier union that is the first in the UK to give trade union recognition to workers in the gig economy. Under the terms of the deal, the courier company’s nearly 200 drivers will remain self-employed, but can opt into contracts that provide better rights. last summer , 15,000 couriers for the firm won the right to be categorised as “workers”, and thus entitled to holiday pay, the minimum wage, rest breaks and protection against discrimination.