Deliveroo , the delivery delivery company , has been told by the Department for Business , Energy and Industrial Strategy that it must pay its workers the £ ##5 per hour “ national living wage " ( NLW ) , unless the employees are deemed self - employed by a court or HM Revenue and Customs . The company is currently involved in a dispute with its couriers over attempts to pay riders per delivery rather than per hour . Workers , who are conducting a series of strikes , claim this will increase costs and increase insecurity . Deliveroo has insisted that the new pay deal is only being trialled in certain areas of London, with about 280 riders taking part, out of more than 3,000 in the capital. Last month , transport company Hermes was exposed as paying riders at rates equivalent to below the NLW .
Deliveroo , the delivery delivery company , has been told by the Department for Business , Energy and Industrial Strategy that it must pay its workers the £ ##5 per hour “ national living wage " ( NLW ) , unless the employees are deemed self - employed by a court or HM Revenue and Customs . The company is currently involved in a dispute with its couriers over attempts to pay riders per delivery rather than per hour . Workers , who are conducting a series of strikes , claim this will increase costs and increase insecurity . Last month , transport company Hermes was exposed as paying riders at rates equivalent to below the NLW .