"Deliveroo riders to take legal action over compensation as it exits Hong Kong" 7 April 2025

A group of couriers said they would file claims against Deliveroo after the food delivery platform failed to give them any compensation as the company exited the Hong Kong market on Monday.

...an estimated 12,000 riders who were not given any employee entitlements by Deliveroo, as they were considered self-employed workers.

The platform said in the announcement it had appointed two liquidators and pledged to offer employees an enhanced redundancy payment going beyond statutory requirements.

But the riders’ group said only 200 workers formerly employed by Deliveroo were entitled to the compensation.

Among them, 16 had filed complaints to the Labour Department and planned to file claims against Deliveroo at the Labour Tribunal next week.

Their claims included long service and severance payments, with some seeking more than HK$100,000 (US$13,000).