Courier company Hermes faced an employment tribunal which began in Leeds on Monday in a case that could have major ramifications on labour rights in the growing gig economy, The Guardian reported. Eight couriers at Hermes — which delivers packages for retailers such as Next, Asos, John Lewis, Topshop and River Island — claim they are being denied basic workers’ rights by being forced to declare as self-employed. The workers are being represented in the tribunal by the GMB union which, in 2016, won a separate case against Uber.