Gig economy workforce triples in last five years
What recommendations have been made to boost rights for the gig economy workforce?
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Uber gives workers key employment rights including National Living Wage
What will this mean for the wider gig economy?
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Landmark case classes Uber drivers as workers
What will this case mean for the gig economy overall?
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Uber taken to court after firing drivers using automated algorithms
What can HR learn from this landmark case regarding General Data Protection Regulation?
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Uber’s London ban due to safety failures puts 45,000 jobs at risk
Dismissed or suspended drivers have been able to create Uber accounts.
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Uber links executives’ bonuses to diversity targets
Will this turn around Uber’s negative image from 2017?
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Uber drivers are entitled to workers rights, says Court of Appeal
Uber has lost its appeal against a landmark gig economy ruling,
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Stephen Moore: Employment Appeal Tribunal upholds judgment that Uber drivers are workers
Stephen Moore, head of employment and partner at Ashfords LLP, discusses the recent Uber ruling that all drivers should be considered as workers.
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Uber must give drivers rights as ‘workers’
Uber has lost a crucial legal battle in its attempt to hold onto its London licence in the UK after a tribunal upheld a ruling that the ride-hailing app must treat its drivers as “workers” with minimum wage rights rather than as self-employed.
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A blow to the gig economy? Uber London loses licence to operate
Will the shutting down of Uber in London be a blow to the wider gig economy?
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Uber fires 20 staff after harassment investigation
Uber has fired more than 20 of its employees, and is taking other actions against staff, after a company-wide harassment investigation.
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Uber president resigns amongst multiple controversies
Uber president Jeff Jones has left the taxi-hailing firm Uber after less than six months in the job.
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Uber landmark case casts a shadow over gig economy
Employees of app-based taxi company Uber have won a groundbreaking case after employment tribunal judges ruled that they were not self-employed and should be paid the National Living Wage and be entitled to holiday pay.
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Uber drivers await verdict on employment status
Tens of thousands of Uber drivers in the UK could qualify for holiday and sick pay when an employment tribunal reconvenes in London today.
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Uber set to dodge burdensome new regulations in London
Uber will not be forced to adapt to a raft of new burdensome regulations that would have seriously damaged the firm’s ability to operate in London.
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Chris Weaver: Just what is the employment status of Uber drivers?
Over the summer it was reported that the GMB trade union was launching legal action against Uber over its treatment of drivers who are GMB members. It claims that drivers working for Uber are in fact “employees” or “workers” and not, as Uber asserts, self-employed “business partners”. If the employment tribunal agrees that the drivers are workers or employees then Uber will face substantial liabilities for failing to grant them basic rights under employment law.
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