"Deliveroo riders plan legal action over employment rights", 27 Mar 2017

A group of Deliveroo couriers is planning legal action against the food delivery firm...The 20 delivery riders say they are employees and not, as the company argues, self-employed contractors...[T]hey are seeking compensation for not receiving holiday pay and for being paid wages below the legal minimum for employees...The Deliveroo move follows successful employment tribunal cases brought by cycle couriers at CitySprint and Excel and drivers for taxi app Uber.  All three cases found the riders were workers...[T]he initial group of 20 has contacted...Acas and will go to an employment tribunal if no resolution is found...Leigh Day is also bringing an age discrimination claim for Deliveroo for a rider under 18 who says he was dismissed after Deliveroo introduced a new minimum age requirement earlier this year.  A Deliveroo spokesman said: “As of January this year, Deliveroo’s minimum age requirement for new riders is 18. However, we continue to engage with riders who were already working with us and who are under 18 and above school leaving age.”...