Uber drivers are workers rather than self-employed, the Court of Appeal has confirmed, in the latest triumph for people working in the gig economy.
The decision means drivers James Farrar and Yaseen Aslam, who brought the case, are entitled to holiday pay, paid rest breaks and the minimum wage. The ruling, in Uber BV v Aslam & Ors [2018] EWCA Civ 2748, that the drivers are ‘workers’ under the Employment Rights Act 1996, upholds earlier employment tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal decisions.
The drivers had claimed holiday pay under the Working Time Regulations 1998 and under-payments of the minimum wage. One claimant claimed he had suffered detriment for being a whistleblower, in breach of Part V of the 1996 Act.
Uber has been granted permission to appeal to the Supreme Court.
