A group of Uber Technologies drivers are entitled to worker rights such as the minimum wage, Britain’s Supreme Court ruled on Feb. 19.
A total of 25 drivers were part of the case, and Uber said that the verdict did not apply to all of its current 60,000 drivers in Britain, including 45,000 in London. “Worker is a UK specific legal classification and a worker is not an employee. Employee status was not claimed in the litigation and so this ruling does not find the claimants to be employees,” Uber said in a blog post.
In November Uber saw off a challenge in its home market of California, where voters backed a ballot proposal that cemented app-based food delivery and ride-hail drivers’ status as independent contractors, not employees.Source: REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton Uber sign is seen on the outside of their Greenlight Hub in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., April 12, 2019.