The Guardian reported British parcel delivery firm DPD, which operates in the gig economy due to its reliance on self-employed workers, will pay a guaranteed minimum wage of £8.75 an hour and drop its £150 daily penalties for missing work. The change is part of reforms following the death of a self-employed driver who missed hospital appointments because of the need to keep working or be charged. DPD previously announced it will offer its 6,000 couriers the right to be classed as either workers, an interim status that includes paid holiday, sick pay and access to a pension scheme with the possibility to still be paid per delivery, as a fully-fledged employee or to remain a self-employed franchisee.