The company drivers may face legal action from workers who believe that they have been wrongly categorised as self - employed . Field, the chairman of the House of Commons work and pensions select committee, said he has supplied GMB and its lawyers with the details of 20 Hermes couriers who came forward to complain about working terms and conditions after the Guardian’s investigation. The case , which has not yet being lodged at the employment tribunal , is being organised by the GMB , and is a response to an investigation by the Guardian , which found that some couriers at the company were paid less than the national living wage . A similar case was successfully brought against them last year when an employment tribunal ruled that they should be classified as workers and were thus entitled to the national living wage , sick pay and paid leave .
The company drivers may face legal action from workers who believe that they have been wrongly categorised as self - employed . The case , which has not yet being lodged at the employment tribunal , is being organised by the GMB , and is a response to an investigation by the Guardian , which found that some couriers at the company were paid less than the national living wage . A similar case was successfully brought against them last year when an employment tribunal ruled that they should be classified as workers and were thus entitled to the national living wage , sick pay and paid leave .