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 .
Deliveroo, the food delivery company, has been told by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy that it must pay its workers the £7.20 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. Couriers, who are conducting a series of strikes, claim this would reduce wages and increase insecurity. Last month, parcel company Hermes was exposed as paying couriers at rates equivalent to below the NLW.