“In what was perhaps the most anticipated employment law decision of the past decade, the Supreme Court in Uber v Aslam [2021] UKSC 5 has confirmed that the claimant drivers for ride-hailing firm Uber are workers for the purposes of the Employment Rights Act (1999) (ERA), the Working Time Regulations (1998) (WTR), and the National Minimum Wage Regulations (1998) (NMWR). While the court also held that, for the purposes of calculating entitlements under the WTR and NMWR, those drivers are deemed to be working not only when actively engaged on a trip, but also, when they are in their cars with the app switched on, waiting to be offered a job by the app, this case note will focus its discussion on the decision as it relates to the question of employment status …” (more)
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Zoe Adams, ‘One Step Forwards For Employment Status, Still Some Way To Go: The Supreme Court’s Decision In Uber v Aslam Under Scrutiny’, Cambridge Law Journal, Volume 80, Issue 2, July 2021, pp 221-225. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0008197321000349. Published online by Cambridge University Press: 2 August 2021.
First posted 2021-08-03 09:30:16
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