GMB takes on DX delivery firm


The GMB general union is to take legal action is on behalf of members working as couriers for delivery company DX.


The claims will be for the drivers to receive holiday pay and the National Minimum Wage. DX couriers are currently classed as “self-employed”, not workers or employees, and are not entitled to basic employment rights such as minimum wage, holiday or sick pay.


However, the union has highlighted issues decided by DX. For example, the courier firm interviews and recruits drivers, sets the volume of work for drivers and sets the price for each delivery. Meanwhile, DX drivers have to find their own holiday cover.


Maria Ludkin, legal director at the GMB, said: “This is another company trying to duck its obligations and responsibilities by making its workforce ‘self-employed’."


Ludkin added that the drivers are “effectively working full-time for one company, DX, without many of the basic employment rights enjoyed by employed workers”.


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