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Uber drivers are workers and not self-employed, UK Supreme Court rules – Sydney Morning Herald
The ruling means tens of thousands of drivers are entitled to benefits such as holiday and sick pay and could have “huge implications” for Australian law, according…
The employment tribunal was right to find that Uber drivers are workers who therefore qualify for the rights conferred on workers by employment legislation, said judge George Leggatt, as he read out a summary of the ruling on a court livestream.
Among their reasons, the judges cited Ubers driver rating and its practice of keeping communications between drivers and passengers to a minimum, which results in the service being very tightly defined and controlled by Uber.
Drivers are in a position of…
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