Date
10 November 2017

Tag

Active

Countries
United Kingdom, Non-EU Non-EU
Geographical scope
Type
  • Type

    Provision of insurance and social protection

    Legal
  • Type

    Employment contract

    Legal
  • Type

    Regulation of passenger transport

    Legal
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Description

In Uber BV and others v Aslam and others [2018] IRLR 97 EAT, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that Uber drivers are 'workers' for the purposes of statutory employment rights. In this case, the Employment Appeal Tribunal was required to consider whether (as held by the tribunal) Uber drivers in London meet the definition of worker, or whether, as argued by Uber, each driver runs an independent business to which Uber provides services in the capacity of an agent.


Additional metadata

Keywords
sector aspects, competition, lobbying, employment status
Actors
Other, Court
Sector
Transportation and storage

Citation

Eurofound (2017), Judgment in Uber v. Aslam, Farrar, Dawson and others UKEAT/0056/17/DA (Court ruling), Record number 4096, Platform Economy Database, Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/platformeconomydb/judgment-in-uber-v-aslam-farrar-dawson-and-others-ukeat005617da-95040.