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Uber hit with default ‘robo-firing’ ruling after another EU labor rights GDPR challenge Labor activists challenging Uber over what they allege are ‘robo-firings’ of drivers in Europe have trumpeted winning a default judgement in the Netherlands — where the Court of Amsterdam ordered the ride-hailing giant to reinstate six drivers who the litigants claim were unfairly terminated “by algorithmic means.” The court also ordered Uber to pay the fired drivers compensation. The challenge references Article 22 of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) — which...

Published April 12, 2021 • Updated on April 12, 2021 at 1:36 am Simon Dawson | Bloomberg via Getty Images Uber's loss in the U.K. Supreme Court last month forced the company to reclassify 70,000 of its British drivers as workers. In Spain, legislators have introduced a raft of measures that would recategorize gig workers as employees with formal contracts and benefits. All the while, the European Commission, the EU's executive arm, is thrashing out plans for some kind of regional reform on gig economy workers. In its stock market debut, British food delivery firm Deliveroo saw its share...

Another Deliveroo protest took place in Aylesbury as workers fight for better working conditions. Around 15 drivers and riders congregated in the Waterside car park in the centre of the town as they refused to deliver orders, following a long battle over pay and poor treatment. This was one of many protests against the firm which took place all over the country on Wednesday, April 7. In the previous protest in Aylesbury at the end of March, the drivers and riders formed a convoy and rode/drove in unison across the town, whilst tooting and honking their horns. The company has been ac...

A December Actuaries Institute podcast pointed out that gig workers have “no employment rights under the Commonwealth Fair Work Act to legal minimum pay rates, sick leave, or unfair dismissal protections”. Its research confirmed previous findings that gig economy workers are over-represented in sections of the workforce with less bargaining power — students, those who have been unemployed and young people.  The death of five meal delivery riders in two months at the end of last year shone the spotlight on delivery riders’ conditions. Another delivery rider was seriously injured on ...

5 Min Read LONDON (Reuters) - Uber’s proposal to expand benefits to British drivers following a court defeat last month has not put an end to the fight for better gig-worker pay in the UK and around the world, an issue that has become a flashpoint for the labor movement. On Tuesday, Uber Technologies Inc said it would offer guaranteed entitlements to its more than 70,000 UK drivers, including holiday pay, a pension plan and limited minimum wage. Uber has said it wants to expand limited benefits similar to those offered to drivers in the UK across all of Europe and the United States.