Áine Cain
Avery Hartmans
Uber drivers celebrate as they listen to the court decision, which could have a huge effect on the UK's 'gig' economy. /AP/Frank Augstein Britain's Supreme Court ruled that a group of Uber drivers are entitled to workers' rights such as the minimum wage. The latest...
All of these the court considered as indicators of the drivers being workers, rather than independent contractors. The drivers had little to no control over their terms of their service to passengers, penalties and warnings from Uber, and little in the way of independent autonomy of relationship ...
Last month, Britain’s top court ruled that Uber drivers should be classed as “workers” and not self-employed, in what was seen as a major setback for the ride-hailing giant. The Spanish government agreed on the new law with the country’s main business groups and trade union ...
Uber drivers are independent contractors, not employees of the ride-hailing company, the federal labor board’s general counsel said in an opinion released May 14th. It’s another sign that drivers and labor advocates face a steep — if impossible — hil
Uber asked for feedback from drivers in the announcement, so they may tweak these changes or scrap them altogether. Drivers react to the surge changes No $ amount, no sticky surge, no breakdown on earnings, utter b***t!” “This is ridiculous. Now they’re hiding everything from us and...
Wingstop is yet another entry in the ‘Why don’t they start the orders until we get there?” complaint book. Wings are fried to order at Wing Stop, which is great for customers, but not so great for delivery drivers when fried to order means ‘the order won’t begin until the Dashe...
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There’s also a degree of unrealistic expectation among the drivers. They want to control their work, like pricing (which must be a major consideration for any self-employed person), but they also want the benefits of being employees. Almost all want workers’ comp and health care ...