Key Facts

• The legal case involves more than 7,000 Just Eat couriers in the UK.
• The tribunal will run from May to June and will decide if couriers are workers or self-employed.
• Being classed as workers would give couriers rights to minimum wage and holiday pay.
• Just Eat fired about 1,700 couriers in 2023 when they stopped a scheme offering guaranteed pay and benefits.
• Just Eat says most couriers are self-employed and choose flexible work schedules.
• The legal action is led by the law firm Leigh Day, which has worked on similar cases for other gig economy workers.
• The UK government established the Fair Work Agency to improve worker rights, especially in the gig economy.
• Just Eat was purchased by Prosus, a South African internet investor, for €4.1 billion in early 2025.