onewheeldave Posted March 28, 2018 Author Share Posted March 28, 2018 Update on this- https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/mar/26/dpd-to-offer-couriers-sick-pay-and-abolish-fines-don-lane-death The courier company DPD is to offer all of its drivers sick and holiday pay and will abolish its controversial £150 daily fines for missing work, as part of wholesale reforms to its gig-working model sparked by the death of a driver it charged for attending a medical appointment to treat his diabetes and who later collapsed. The announcement came six weeks after the Guardian exposed the case of Don Lane, who was delivering parcels for the company on behalf or retailers including Marks & Spencer and John Lewis. The retailers raised concerns with the company over how it was treating couriers. Lane’s treatment caused anger in Westminster, with Labour describing it as “heartbreaking” and the business secretary, Greg Clark, labelling it “a terrible tragedy”. DPD said on Monday it would offer its 6,000 couriers the right to be classed as eitherworkers, an interim status that includes paid holiday, sick pay and access to a pension scheme with the possibility to still be paid per delivery, as a fully-fledged employee or to remain a self-employed franchisee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricgem2002 Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 Update on this- https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/mar/26/dpd-to-offer-couriers-sick-pay-and-abolish-fines-don-lane-death its a start hopefully more companies will follow and we get rid of zhc too:roll: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister M Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 Update on this- https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/mar/26/dpd-to-offer-couriers-sick-pay-and-abolish-fines-don-lane-death Good news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinfoilhat Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 Good PR for DPD too. It will be interesting how it affects the overall company performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgksheff Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 Good PR for DPD too. It will be interesting how it affects the overall company performance. Will be interesting to see how many choose to remain self-employed franchisees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricgem2002 Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 Good PR for DPD too. It will be interesting how it affects the overall company performance. it might hit their profits a bit but looking at the overall picture it gives job security. when people have job security they can then look at getting a mortgage and getting the economy going:thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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