Children working as riders for food delivery apps – BBC investigation by limeflavoured Tags:United Kingdom 3 comments This is incredibly dodgy and needs to be cracked down on. >”Self-employed independent couriers have the legal right to use a substitute. >”Legally the courier account-holder is responsible for ensuring their substitute meets the necessary standards to deliver on our network.” And of course the law protects the companies. Don’t children used to deliver newspapers? They rode each morning and went house to house to drop newspapers? Anyone surprised at this? Just a consequence of the gig economy. How do you stop this, having KFC refuse to give the 8 year old the burger? Leave a ReplyYou must be logged in to post a comment.
This is incredibly dodgy and needs to be cracked down on. >”Self-employed independent couriers have the legal right to use a substitute. >”Legally the courier account-holder is responsible for ensuring their substitute meets the necessary standards to deliver on our network.” And of course the law protects the companies.
Don’t children used to deliver newspapers? They rode each morning and went house to house to drop newspapers?
Anyone surprised at this? Just a consequence of the gig economy. How do you stop this, having KFC refuse to give the 8 year old the burger?
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This is incredibly dodgy and needs to be cracked down on.
>”Self-employed independent couriers have the legal right to use a substitute.
>”Legally the courier account-holder is responsible for ensuring their substitute meets the necessary standards to deliver on our network.”
And of course the law protects the companies.
Don’t children used to deliver newspapers? They rode each morning and went house to house to drop newspapers?
Anyone surprised at this? Just a consequence of the gig economy. How do you stop this, having KFC refuse to give the 8 year old the burger?