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TRADE UNIONS hailed the “end of the road for bogus self-employment” today after Uber finally accepted it would have to pay its drivers the minimum wage and provide holiday and pensions. The ride-hailing giant announced that, as of today, more than 70,000 drivers will be treated as workers under British employment law. In an email sent out to its customers, Uber said: “Uber drivers in the UK will be paid holiday time, automatically enrolled into a pension plan, and guaranteed to earn at...

Uber said it is granting worker status to its UK drivers, entitling them to the minimum wage, holiday pay and other benefits. The UK will be the first country in the world where Uber will have this business model. The firm didn’t specify how much the reclassification will cost, but said it doesn’t expect to change its earnings forecast for the quarter or the year. Uber will reclassify all 70 000 of its UK drivers as workers, entitling them to the minimum wage, vacation pay and other benefi...

Unions say questions are designed to help get sympathetic changes in employment law

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. The unanimous Supreme Court landmark ruling that Uber drivers should be designated as workers and not as "self-employed" provides the drivers with a new raft of basic rights such as paid holiday, rest breaks and to be paid the national minimum wage will have a "knock-on" effect in the entire gig-economy.  Other organisations that function as part of the gig-economy can expect to receive simi...

Uber’s U.K. Court Loss Spells a Reckoning for Gig Work in Europe Feb 20 2021, 1:51 AM February 19 2021, 10:39 PM February 20 2021, 1:51 AM (Bloomberg) -- Uber Technologies Inc.’s defeat in a U.K. legal battle over the way it treats its drivers is set to trigger a wave of complaints from workers across the region. (Bloomberg) -- Uber Technologies Inc.’s defeat in a U.K. legal battle over the way it treats its drivers is set to trigger a wave of complaints from workers across the r...

The court ruled that the service performed by drivers was "very tightly defined and controlled by Uber" so they could not be considered to be self-employed.

LONDON: A union has hailed a “historic” Supreme Court ruling that Uber drivers are workers. Supreme Court justices ruled on the latest round of a long-running fight between Uber...

Uber insisted that the drivers were self-employed since they choose their own hours and place of work, and often find passengers through rival apps. The complainants can now ask an employment tribunal for compensation, and it could trigger further-reaching changes affecting all ride-hailing drivers.

Uber UK - which may have to pay millions in backdated compensation - had argued they are independent contractors and not entitled to benefits.

Ride-sharing giant Uber has lost its final appeal in a long UK legal battle over whether its drivers are self-employed contractors or legally-recognized workers. The ruling draws an end to a five-year-long legal fight and is a major setback for Uber that could affect all gig workers in the United Kingdom.