Uber grants UK drivers 'worker' status, entitling them to the minimum wage, company announces
Uber grants UK drivers 'worker' status, entitling them to the minimum wage, company announces Faiz Siddiqui, The Washington Post March 16, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail SAN FRANCISCO - Uber will grant its more than 70,000 U.K. drivers "worker" status, the company announced Tuesday, entitling its gig workforce to the minimum wage and benefits and marking a major departure for a company that has built a business model out of treating drivers as independent contractors. The announcement comes nearly a month after Britain's Supreme Court ruled that drivers are "workers" from the moment they log on t...