Judges in Amsterdam ruled that drivers for the ride-sharing app Uber are employees of the company and fall under the taxi sector’s collective labour agreement. The lawsuit was brought by trade union FNV, which filed a complaint in June, arguing that Uber was underpaying drivers and treating them as employees, rather than independent contractors. Uber argued that it is merely a technology company that connects riders to drivers, but the court was unconvinced. The court found that the legal relationship between Uber and these drivers meets all the characteristics of an employment contract.
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