DRIVERS who deliver packages for Royal Mail subsidiary Parcelforce are suing the company on grounds they have been misclassified in their employment status and wrongly denied workers’ rights.

The Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) said that thousands of Parcelforce drivers may be eligible to join the claim which, if successful, could force Royal Mail to pay out millions in compensation.

Until now, many of Parcelforce’s drivers have been labelled as self-employed “owner drivers,” meaning they do not have entitlements such as the right to the national living wage or holiday pay.