Uber drivers - Supreme Court rules they are "Workers"
Discussion
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56123668
Is this necessarily a good thing for the drivers? I'm not sure how "Workers" differs from "Employees" but doesn't this mean they now get taxed at source and will potentially have less flexibility than if they were classed as "Employed". Or is it the best of both worlds?
The key points were;
Uber set the fare which meant that they dictated how much drivers could earn
Uber set the contract terms and drivers had no say in them
Request for rides is constrained by Uber who can penalise drivers if they reject too many rides
Uber monitors a driver's service through the star rating and has the capacity to terminate the relationship if after repeated warnings this does not improve
If other agencies don't utilise / fall foul of the same ways of constraining their "employees", then application to other gig managers then may not be same for all.
Uber set the fare which meant that they dictated how much drivers could earn
Uber set the contract terms and drivers had no say in them
Request for rides is constrained by Uber who can penalise drivers if they reject too many rides
Uber monitors a driver's service through the star rating and has the capacity to terminate the relationship if after repeated warnings this does not improve
If other agencies don't utilise / fall foul of the same ways of constraining their "employees", then application to other gig managers then may not be same for all.
Countdown said:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56123668
Is this necessarily a good thing for the drivers? I'm not sure how "Workers" differs from "Employees" but doesn't this mean they now get taxed at source and will potentially have less flexibility than if they were classed as "Employed". Or is it the best of both worlds?
A worker does not have certain rights such as SSP, Tupe protections, maternity leave (OML and AML along with paternity and shared), Paid time off etc but fundamentally no rights unfair dismissal or redundancy payments etc.Is this necessarily a good thing for the drivers? I'm not sure how "Workers" differs from "Employees" but doesn't this mean they now get taxed at source and will potentially have less flexibility than if they were classed as "Employed". Or is it the best of both worlds?
Uber has been accused of "short-changing" UK drivers by only committing to paying the minimum wage while they have a passenger.
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To show what a 
y business Uber are, here's another example:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-56583428 -Uber ordered to pay $1.1m to blind woman refused rides
"An independent arbitrator ruled Uber's drivers had illegally discriminated against her due to her condition.
It rejected Uber's claim that the company itself was not liable, because, it argued, its drivers had the status of contractors rather than employees."
All of the spoils and none of the responsibility, fk that.
y business Uber are, here's another example:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-56583428 -Uber ordered to pay $1.1m to blind woman refused rides
"An independent arbitrator ruled Uber's drivers had illegally discriminated against her due to her condition.
It rejected Uber's claim that the company itself was not liable, because, it argued, its drivers had the status of contractors rather than employees."
All of the spoils and none of the responsibility, f
k that.ScotHill said:
To show what a y business Uber are, here's another example:
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In the UK we have had cases where some taxi drivers wouldn't take guide dogs neither, as culturally some people don't like dogs. So was it Uber, or certain rogue drivers not obeying the law?y business Uber are, here's another example:...
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire...
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshir...
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