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Credit: AP Uber is to give its UK drivers a minimum wage, paid holiday and an automatic pension plan from Wednesday, the firm has announced. It follows Uber's legal loss in the Supreme Court last month, after judges ruled the company's drivers should be classed as workers, not independent third-party contractors.Lawyers at the time said the ruling meant drivers would be entitled to basic rights, such as paid holiday, and hailed the decision as having significant impact for the gig economy. Uber operating companies had argued that drivers were not workers. Credit: PA On Tuesday night, Uber sa...

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 b...

Uber Technologies Inc. will reclassify all 70,000 of its U.K. drivers as workers, entitling them to the minimum wage, vacation pay and other benefits after a landmark ruling from the Supreme Court last month. The ride-hailing app’s drivers will receive at least the national living wage of 8.72 pounds ($12.11) per hour starting Wednesday. This will be the minimum drivers can earn, in what Uber described as an “earnings floor, not an earnings ceiling.” The U.K. will be the first country in the world where Uber will have this business model. The firm didn’t specify how much the reclassif...

Click the thumbs up > Uber has confirmed it will pay its drivers a guaranteed minimum wage, offer holiday pay and provide pensions following a court ruling last month. GMB, the union for Uber drivers, says the company has finally done the right thing “after losing four court battles”. Mick Rix, GMB national officer, said: “Uber had to be dragged kicking and screaming to do the right thing, but finally they’ve agreed to follow the ruling of the courts and treat their drivers as workers. “It’s a shame it took GMB winning four court battles to make them see sense, but we got there i...

(March 17): Uber Technologies Inc. will reclassify all 70,000 of its U.K. drivers as workers, entitling them to the minimum wage, vacation pay and other benefits after a landmark ruling from the Supreme Court last month. The ride-hailing app’s drivers will receive at least the national living wage of 8.72 pounds (US$12.11) per hour starting Wednesday. This will be the minimum drivers can earn, in what Uber described as an “earnings floor, not an earnings ceiling.” The U.K. will be the first country in the world where Uber will have this business model. The firm didn’t specify how much...