Thousands of Just Eat riders are bringing a claim that they are workers rather than self-employed independent contractors
The case, before London Tribunals Centre this week and listed until June, could result in couriers proving they are entitled to national minimum wage and paid holiday.
According to Leigh Day, which is acting for the couriers, preliminary issues include whether couriers meet the legal test for employee or ‘limb (b)’ worker status. The couriers claim the reality of their working relationship does not match Just Eat’s description of them as independent contractors.
It is the latest in a series of gig economy worker cases. Last year, Addison Lee drivers won their employment tribunal claim for workers’ rights. The Supreme Court has held Uber drivers are workers, in Uber BV and others v Aslam and others [2021] UKSC 5.
