英国主要快递公司DPD的内部文件显示，该公司雇用的数千名临时工可能被剥夺了病假和养老金待遇。[1]这些文件涵盖过去两个财政年度超过3000名临时工的信息，但成本计算表中不包括病假或养老金，暗示工人要么未获得相应报酬，要么被阻止请病假或在养老金缴付义务产生前被解雇。[1]
根据英国就业法律，病假权利从第一天缺勤起适用（4月前为缺勤三天后适用），养老金缴付由雇主在服务12周后支付。[1]劳动法律师Zoë Lagadec指出，"这引发了疑问，工人是否获得法定病假——因为没有人生病没有意义——或他们在服务12周前被调离以避免养老金缴付"。[1]劳动力供应商协会的指南指出，支付不切实际低费率的劳动力使用者在知情或鲁莽地共谋非法行为。[1]
DPD声称其商业安排允许机构履行法定义务，但未明确确认支付了相关待遇。[1]英国新成立的公平工作机构（Fair Work Agency）于4月7日成立，整合多个执法部门以加强对工人权利的保护。[1]
Internal documents from DPD, a major UK courier company, indicate that thousands of temporary workers employed through staffing agencies may have been deprived of statutory sick pay and pension contributions.[1] The documents, covering more than 3,000 temporary workers over two financial years, omit sick pay and pension costs from cost calculations, suggesting workers either went unpaid for these benefits, were prevented from taking sick leave, or were dismissed before accruing pension obligations.[1]
Under UK employment law, workers are entitled to statutory sick pay from their first day of absence—changed from a three-day waiting period in April—and employers must contribute to pensions after 12 weeks of service.[1] The absence of these costs from DPD's internal calculations has raised concerns among employment lawyers. Zoë Lagadec, a labour law specialist, stated: "This raises the question of whether workers received their statutory sick pay—because it makes no sense that nobody got sick—or whether they were moved off before 12 weeks' service to avoid pension contributions."[1]
Guidelines from the Labour Supply Association caution that workforce suppliers paying "unrealistically low rates" who knowingly or recklessly collude in unlawful conduct may face scrutiny.[1] DPD has claimed its commercial arrangements allow agencies to fulfil statutory obligations but has not explicitly confirmed that the relevant benefits were paid.[1] The UK's newly established Fair Work Agency, launched on April 7, will consolidate enforcement efforts across multiple departments to strengthen protections for workers' rights.[1]