Date
14 November 2017

Tag

Active

Country
United Kingdom United Kingdom
Geographical scope
National
Type
  • Type

    Employment contract

    Legal
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Description

The hearing was held in London over four days on 23, 24 and 25 May and 26 June 2017. Deliveroo was represented by the UK and Ireland Operations Director, by four Deliveroo riders and by one User Research Team member. The Union was represented by Mags Dewhurs (Union member and Chair of the couriers and logistics branch) and a Deliveroo Rider and IWGB member. The CAC found that Riders are not workers within the statutory definition of either s.296 TULR(C)A or s230(3)(b) Employment Rights Act 1996. Since Riders are not workers accoding to the CAC, the Union's claim for recognition and for the right to negotiate with Deliveroo on pay, hours, and holidays, was denied.


Additional metadata

Keywords
representation, industrial relations, social dialogue
Actors
Other, Employee organisation, Court
Sector
Transportation and storage

Citation

Eurofound (2017), Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain (IWGB) v. RooFoods Ltd. T/A Deliveroo - TUR1/985(2016) (Court ruling), Record number 4009, Platform Economy Database, Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/platformeconomydb/independent-workers-union-of-great-britain-iwgb-v-roofoods-ltd-ta-deliveroo-tur19852016-94953.