Uber must pay drivers national minimum wage, rules court

John Leonard
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Ruling will effect not just the 40,000 UK Uber drivers but 'all workers in the so-called gig economy'

The future of the casualised 'gig economy' in the UK is in doubt as London employment tribunal judges ruled on Friday that Uber drivers should be classed as employees rather than self-employed and ...

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