The US company, which claims that drivers are self-employed, said it would launch a further appeal against the Employment Appeal Tribunal decision, meaning the case could end up in thesupreme court next year. Uber loses right to classify UK drivers as self-employed Read moreDrivers James Farrar and Yaseen Aslam won an employment tribunal case last year after arguing they should be classified as workers, citing Uber’s control over their working conditions. The union said the decision showed companies in the gig economy – which involves people on flexible working patterns with irregular shifts and minimal employment rights – have been choosing to “deprive workers of their rights”. As drivers who use Uber know, this has never been the case in the UK. The Labour MP Jack Dromey said: “No British worker should be denied basic employment rights which we have worked so hard to secure.

Source: The Guardian November 10, 2017 10:55 UTC