Deliveroo backs off plan to cut pay of UAE delivery riders after strike
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 2 May 2022
Ubicación: Emiratos Árabes Unidos
Empresas
Deliveroo - ClientOtro
Not Reported ( Labour supplier ) - EmployerAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: Número desconocido
Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( 2 - Pakistán , Catering y servicios de comida , Gender not reported ) , Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( Número desconocido - Pakistán , Catering y servicios de comida , Gender not reported )Temas
Poverty Wages , Tasas de contratación , Negación de la libertad de expresión , Muertes , Personal HealthRespuesta
Response sought: No
Medidas adoptadas: The mass strike and protests against the pay cuts resulted in Deliveroo reversing the pay cuts, keeping the original commission rate, and launching an investigation into the other issues including payment of recruitment fees by the riders.
Tipo de fuente: News outlet
Two Deliveroo riders separately told Reuters the company had sought to cut earnings by about 15% to 8.75 dirhams ($2.38) per delivery and extend shifts by three hours to 12.
Both riders, who said they were employed via agencies, said they had to pay for fuel, housing and employment visas out of their own wages.
It is illegal in the UAE for an employee to pay visa costs.
One rider, a Pakistani, said he worked nine hours a day, seven days a week to earn a monthly take-home salary of 390 dirhams ($106).
The driver said while the pay cut had been scrapped, his current roster continued to show 12-hour daily shifts.
A second Deliveroo representative later said shifts would not be changed and that agencies who employ the riders were obliged to cover visa costs.
The [Deliveroo] representative added that action would be taken against any agency in breach of contractual obligations but did not provide specifics.