After years of legal proceedings, the Supreme Court ruled that drivers operating via the application Uber should not be considered as self-employed but rather as ‘workers’ who are thereby entitled to a minimum wage and paid holiday, even if they are not ‘employees’. This ground-breaking decision - which is likely to shake up the gig economy - will improve the working conditions of tens of thousands of drivers.
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