{
  "id": 355754,
  "title": "DPD temporary workers may have missed out on sick pay and pensions, internal documents show",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/dpd-temporary-workers-may-have-missed-out-on-sick-pay-and-pensions",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-09T06:00:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/09/dpd-temporary-workers-missing-sick-pay-pensions-internal-documents"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Missing payments suggest employment laws may have been breached by recruitment agencies used by courier company Low-paid temporary workers at one of the UK’s top courier businesses have missed out on entitlements to sick pay and pension contributions, internal documents suggest. The payments – typically included in the “charge rate” that large brands pay recruitment companies to supply them with…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}