The linguistic backflips used by Deliveroo to pretend its employees are independent contractors
by Cory Doctorow from on (#2JDVS)
Deliveroo is a "gig economy" company that hires people to cycle around big cities, delivering meals, while pretending that all their riders are actually "independent contractors" running their own businesses through which they subcontract to Deliveroo, thus dodging any need to pay benefits or comply with basic labor, health and safety rules. (more")