Deliveroo accused of paying drivers below agreed minimum of £12 an hour

There have been reports of riders earning as little as £2 an hour over the entire time they are logged into the app. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA

Deliveroo has been accused of ­paying drivers below a minimum pay floor the company agreed earlier this year as part of the first-ever union ­agreement to cover earnings in the gig economy.

Analysis carried out by Rodeo, an app that helps gig economy workers track their payments, showed that of 531 food orders completed in the past four months, 278 fell below the rate of £12 an hour agreed with the GMB union in May.