Collective agreements for the transport of commercial goods generally apply to Deliveroo food suppliers. Additionally, the Supreme Court ruled that the company must pay retroactive pensions to its delivery drivers.
The decision is the culmination of a long-running legal battle between Deliveroo and FNV over whether the food delivery worker was self-employed or employee. The judge once again ruled in favor of the union in the appeal case.
compensation scheme
Deliveroo launched a delivery service in the Netherlands in 2015 but is no longer active. The company exited last year just before the case went to the Supreme Court.
A compensation plan has been offered to the company’s 9,000 food delivery workers. If they accepted, they would no longer be able to request a refund from the company. According to Deliveroo, 90 percent of employees took advantage of the offer.
In the other case, the judge ruled today that Deliveroo also mistakenly did not pay pensions to its employees for six months. The amount that the company has to pay to Pensioenfonds Vervoer is almost 640,000 euros.
Temperament and Uber
FNV is currently pursuing similar lawsuits against platforms Temper and Uber. “We also believe that Uber Eats should adapt its business model in response to this decision,” says FNV director Anja Dijkman.
“We want sanctions because it is unacceptable for such companies to continue like this in this country.”
Source: NOS
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