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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 least the National Living Wage.” Uber’s policy shift followed lengthy legal action by unions an...

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 benefits after a landmark ruling from the Supreme Court last month. The ride-hailing app’s drivers will ...

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 similar claims from the individuals that, up until now, were regarded as self-employed who will now clai...

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 region. Britain’s Supreme Court ruled Friday that Uber must treat its drivers as “workers,�...