DPD courier who was fined for day off to see doctor dies from diabetes

Re:DPD courier who was fined for day off to see doctor dies ... by gaius on Monday February 05, 2018 @05:56AM (#16308000)

deliver parcels to restricted time slots, must wear a uniform, hire a DPD liveried van and not work for any other courier company

If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck...

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Re:DPD courier who was fined for day off to see doctor dies ... by rovek on Monday February 05, 2018 @06:00AM (#16308019)

Right. This isn't gig economy, it's a huge company's intentionally abusive contracts

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Re:DPD courier who was fined for day off to see doctor dies ... by gaius on Monday February 05, 2018 @06:09AM (#16308062)

And the sad thing is, I only trust DPD as a company because my local DPD guy is really good, and since he had the van and the uniform I assumed he was an employee like he would be with say Fedex.

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Re:DPD courier who was fined for day off to see doctor dies ... by smt88 on Monday February 05, 2018 @06:16AM (#16308086)

> I assumed he was an employee like he would be with say Fedex

Hate to break it to you about Fedex...

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-fedex-settlement/fedex-to...

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Re:DPD courier who was fined for day off to see doctor dies ... by gaius on Monday February 05, 2018 @06:31AM (#16308145)

I thought that was all settled now? Or maybe I misremembered, I had the association of “FedEx” and “employee” in my mind...

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