Don't miss a thing by getting the latest from the Manchester Evening News sent direct to your inbox More than 70,000 Uber drivers will now be treated as workers under UK employment law.
The changes come into effect from today (March 17) and mean that drivers will no longer be treated as self-employed workers.
They’ll be given the same rights as ordinary employees, meaning they’ll be entitled to paid holiday and guaranteed to earn at list the National Living Wage.
The company sent an email to its riders and drivers which said: “Drivers are an essential part of our everyday lives and we are proud to be making these changes to how they earn with Uber.” It comes a month after the Uber firm lost a legal battle in the UK, begun in 2016, over
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