Re:Uber seeks $7.75M settlement in California labor code cla...
by manarth on Thursday February 02, 2017 @06:52AM
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I think we had the same issue in the UK, when uber drivers wanted
to be classified as full time workers.
Yep, the drivers won that tribunal in 2016 [1].
Courier company City Sprint also lost a case this year, where the judge described their contractual arrangements as "contorted, indecipherable and window-dressing" [2].
HMRC are investigating parcel delivery company Hermes for similarly classifying drivers as self-employed, and there's a potential case from the GMB Union (who won the case against Uber) [2] [3].
In the UK, the gig economy isn't as simple as companies insisting "you're self-employed because we say you are".
Courier company City Sprint also lost a case this year, where the judge described their contractual arrangements as "contorted, indecipherable and window-dressing" [2].
HMRC are investigating parcel delivery company Hermes for similarly classifying drivers as self-employed, and there's a potential case from the GMB Union (who won the case against Uber) [2] [3].
In the UK, the gig economy isn't as simple as companies insisting "you're self-employed because we say you are".
[1] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/oct/28/uber-uk-t...
[2] https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jan/06/courier-win...
[3] https://www.theguardian.com/law/2016/oct/20/hermes-couriers-...
[4] http://www.itv.com/news/2017-01-25/hermes-gmb-taking-legal-a...