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Parcel firm Hermes slammed by GMB for denying days off for three straight weeks

“SCROOGE” bosses at controversial parcels firm Hermes are demanding that their workers deliver presents for 21 days on the trot, according to general union GMB.

Hermes’s lifestyle couriers division delivers for retailers including Amazon, Next Directory and M&M Direct.

The company has already faced controversy after being accused of “bogus self-employment” and was blasted in a report by Labour MP Frank Field.

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