DWP Select Committee Gig Economy Debate - Round Two, 'Ding, Ding'

DWP Select Committee

Following last week’s session with two sets of workers with very differing accounts of the self-employment as couriers and drivers in the “gig economy”, the Work and Pensions Committee this week hears from some of the companies that provide that work: Uber, Deliveroo, Hermes and Amazon.

The Committee will likely have questions about how representative the workers they’ve heard from so far are of wider self-employed workforces, the support that these companies offer to their self-employed workforces, the extent to which they feel that they are responsible for providing support and whether they would like to provide more, and how likely it is workers under these pay and conditions will rely to a greater or lesser extent on the welfare system.

On Wednesday 22 February at 9.30am in the Wilson Room, Portcullis House:

Andrew Byrne – Head of Public Policy, Uber UK

Lesley Smith – Director of Public Policy UK and Ireland, Amazon

Carole Woodhead – CEO, Hermes UK Ltd

Dan Warne – Managing Director UK and Ireland, Deliveroo

The ABC wanted to attend this dedbate and give evidence. We have been overlooked but we have presented so excellent written evidence.