Deliveroo boss: giving workers better rights will add £1 to meal cost

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The boss of Deliveroo has warned MPs that if the company is forced to give workers basic rights such as the minimum wage and holiday and sick pay it will pass the cost on to consumers by rising the cost of delivery by £1.

Dan Warne, Deliveroo’s managing director of the UK and Ireland, told parliament’s business committee that the cost of providing rights to workers would be borne by customers ordering takeaways.

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from The Guardian http://ift.tt/2ydAHCS