The food delivery company Deliveroo compensates the deliverers for the upcoming departure from the Netherlands. The delivery service has made agreements with the FNV union.

Deliveroo previously announced its departure from the Netherlands. It has now been announced that this will be on November 30th this year. A social plan has been agreed with the union for more than 9,000 food delivery workers who will lose their jobs.

They will receive an amount equal to 38 percent of their earnings for the August 2021-August 2022 period and an amount based on their income and employment history with the delivery service.

FNV director Platformwerk Anja Dijkman calls it unique that the union was able to make agreements for couriers from a platform emanating from the Netherlands.

“The FNV wants justice done for the food suppliers; that’s fair compensation,” says Dijkman. “Deliveroo doesn’t want any more lawsuits. equestrian (Supplier, editor’s note) is free to accept or reject the offer.”

Supreme Court decisions

FNV and the originally British food delivery company are conducting a long legal dispute, among other things, because of the bogus self-employment of employees of the delivery service.

The FNV’s lawsuits for individual union members and two higher appeals (cassation) are also continuing, the union said.

According to the union, the decision of the Supreme Court on the employment contracts is expected by the end of this year. In the spring of next year, the Supreme Court is expected to rule on the applicability of the collective agreement for commercial freight transport.

Low turnover

FNV does not hope that Deliveroo suppliers are now working for Uber Eats, for example, which the union says has committed the same violations of the law as Deliveroo.

Dijkman: “We can hope that the government, especially the tax authorities, will finally enforce bogus self-employment and put a stop to it.”

Deliveroo, including the Netherlands, claims to be active in 11 markets worldwide and makes most of its sales where it is the largest or second largest courier. In the Netherlands it had a lot of competition from Thuisbezorgd and Uber Eats. The Netherlands accounted for just 1 percent of total sales.