Drivers, Whose Work Is Arranged Through Uber APP are Workers of Uber & not Independent Contractors: UK SC

Uber BV And Others  Vs Aslam And Others (Supreme Court of UK) The central question on this appeal is whether an employment tribunal was entitled to find that drivers whose work is arranged through Uber’s smartphone application (the Uber app) work for Uber under workers’ contracts and so qualify for the national minimum wage, paid annual leave and other workers’ rights; or whether, as Uber contends, the drivers do not have these rights because they work for themselves as independent contractors, performing services under contracts made with passengers through Uber as their booking agent....