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Uber announced it plans to hire a further 2 0,000 drivers by the end of next year The firm has reported a more than 50 per cent increase in trips across the UK Recruitment drive will boost the group's driver network to 90,000 in country App Drivers & Couriers Union said move will lead to 'rising urban congestion'
‘More congestion, more pollution’: Clean air campaigners concerned about 20,000 more Ubers Clea Skopeliti © Provided by The Independent Clean air campaigners have expressed dismay at Uber’s announcement that it will recruit 20,000 more drivers in the UK following a surge in demand since lockdown was eased. The ride-hailing app said it has seen usage rise by 50 per cent since pubs and restaurants began to serve customers outdoors on 12 April. Rosamund Kissi-Debrah, a clean air campaigner whose nine-year-old daughter Ella died in 2013 after suffering a series of severe a...
Last modified on Thu 15 Apr 2021 09.29 EDT Drivers at one of the UK’s largest delivery firms say they are having to work for free for several hours a day, according to their representatives, despite the company expanding its workforce by thousands during the pandemic. Union officials said they had challenged Hermes UK following multiple complaints from couriers in several areas of the country who say they feel compelled to “muck in” with the parcel sorting process in understaffed depots because they cannot start earning any money until it is done. While some are paid for this work, many...
Uber drivers in the UK are to get a guaranteed minimum wage, holiday pay and pensions. More than 70,000 drivers, who are now to be treated as workers under UK employment law, will be in line for the benefits – which are set to take effect from Wednesday. Jamie Heywood, Uber’s regional general manager for Northern and Eastern Europe, described it as “an important day” for drivers in the UK, while trade unions bosses said “Uber had to be dragged kicking and screaming to do the right thing” after a long-running legal battle. It comes a month after the Uber firm lost a legal battle ...
Uber fares could rise after drivers in Britain claimed they were being 'short changed' and pledged to take their battle for workers' rights back to court. From today more than 70,000 drivers will now to be treated as workers under UK employment law, after the ride-hailing giant lost a landmark Supreme Court case. The move, which follows lengthy legal action, means drivers will be guaranteed minimum wage, holiday pay and pensions. But campaigners say drivers should accrue the benefits from when they log in, not just from when a trip is accepted. Former driver James Farrar, who spearheaded...