Under the scheme, those on the SE-plus deal are automatically enrolled on the company pension with the employer contributing 3% of earnings and couriers a minimum of 5%. Since a court docket ruling in 2021 that found Uber drivers were not self-employed and due to this fact had pension rights, the Pensions Regulator has been encouraging gig economic system firms to proactively enrol staff into pension schemes. Evri agreed to do so final yr when it also began offering maternity and paternity depart to the vast majority of drivers. More than half of its couriers have opted for its “self-employed-plus”…