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Posted on January 24, 2023
An Employment Tribunal has ruled that the drivers who provide service to Uber are “workers” within the meaning of the Employment Rights Act 1996.
What does this mean?
This means that as workers they would be entitled to certain employment rights such as:
They would not be entitled to rights that employees would be entitled to, such as:
What next?
I consider that it is likely that Uber would appeal the decision as clearly this outcome would mean that they would have to pay a huge amount to over 35,000 drivers. The decision is also likely to encourage more drivers to bring claims against Uber.
Any organisation operating in a similar way to Uber should be aware that drivers could bring claims against them on the basis of this decision.
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