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Evening Standard
Business
Tristan Kirk and Simon Hunt

Deliveroo wins Supreme Court case against union over employment status of riders

Deliveroo riders cannot be classed as “workers” and do not have the ability to form a union, the UK’s top judges have decided in a major ruling for the gig economy.

The Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB) fought a seven-year legal battle over the status of the food delivery giant’s army of couriers.

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