Delivery firm Hermes to pay gig workers if they must self-isolate
Some good news for subcontracted e-commerce delivery drivers in the UK – if they work ...
More trouble appears to be on its way for courier firm Hermes and the increasingly difficult relationship it has with – depending on your point of view – its staff or sub-contractors. The Guardian reports today that its senior management could find itself under further investigation from the HRMC amidst claims that it forced mid-level managers to “mislead an official investigation into whether the company has paid some of its self-employed couriers below the national living wage”. A whistleblower in ...
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