For the first time, Uber has entered into an agreement with a trade union in Britain, GMB, to represent its 70,000 drivers in the country, following the drivers being granted workers’ rights by a court. Uber has officially recognised the union, which comprises over 6.2 lakh members from a...
France's top civil court dealt ride-hailing giant Uber a setback on Wednesday with a key ruling that it had effectively employed one of its drivers. Uber has long argued it is merely a platform linking self-employed drivers with riders, a model which allows for avoidance of certain taxes an...
Uber had brought the case following a 2021 decision by the United Kingdom's Supreme Court that its drivers were workers, which had an impact on Uber's tax and other obligations. The company sought a declaration that private-hire taxi operators enter into a contract wit...
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Drivers have no Clout. no pull. They are just in a "take it or leave it" situation because you are an independent contractor. You have to accept the terms in the contract. Uber does try to get feedback from drivers often, but it almost feels like it is just a front. It does not...
i.That the Employment Tribunal had erred in law, as although there was no contract between the drivers and Uber London, there was a written agreement between the drivers, UBV (the parent company), and riders, which were inconsistent with a worker relationship; ...
a clock, to use Uber and Lyft simultaneously, to drive most of the week or for just a few hours. That said, as Uber has grown — over 450,000 drivers use the app each month here in the U.S. — we haven’t always done a good job working with drivers. It’s time to change....
Uber dictates its contract terms, drivers don’t get a look in on these. Ride requests are controlled by Uber, the company can delegate work and penalize drivers that don’t accept requests. Uber has the power to remove a driver from its platform if their reviews are bad. ...
Drivers must sign a "labor contract" with the ride-hailing services which gives them "rights and obligations" Cars used for rides cannot be more than eight years old or have done over 600,000 kilometers The rules leave some room for local authorities to set terms such as pricing limits. ...
Uber argued that their role in the equation was as a facilitator, merely connecting passengers with drivers. Any contract which was formed for each ride was therefore solely between driver and passenger, according to Uber. In terms of the 20% which Uber collects for each ride, they argued tha...