Deliveroo

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miro_o in reply to @laner

Making sure people get minimum wage isn't so much to ask is it?

Yes.

I am paid a piece rate. This lets me earn upwards of £20 phr on occasion.

I don't want that rate cut to pay for people to sit on a bench at 4pm. Neither do Deliveroo because they know they'll lose their most productive riders.

I don't want you to sink the business because it's 'the right thing to do' according to your ideology.

Other individuals will feel differently.

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laner in reply to @miro_o

There is no reason not to have a per delivery pay, while having the protection of a basic minimum wage, and if Deliveroo changed to Worker status they would be silly to not incentivise riders to continue to work as hard as possible.

The courier company i work for currently gives me a guarantee which equates to minimum wage, but I obviously work as hard as possible to make more than that, it's a system that does work in practice.

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miro_o in reply to @laner

I think Deliveroo may differ in that it has relatively extreme rushes (times of day and days of week).

They could manage a fill-in fee for surprisingly slow periods and I wouldn't be against that. Sadly that would be money of the pocket of those who work the periods of heavy demand.

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