Unite the union press release 28 October 2016 Britain’s largest union, Unite announced it would be setting up a special ‘bogus self-employment’ unit to pursue employers who were shamelessly dodging their responsibilities by classifying workers as self-employed. The announcement came after the GMB won a landmark employment tribunal which ruled Uber drivers were workers rather […]

From BBC News Drivers for the cab-hailing firm Uber will learn later whether they are entitled to holiday pay, rest breaks and the National Living Wage. An employment tribunal in London is due to rule on whether Uber is acting unlawfully by not giving drivers basic employment rights. Uber says its drivers are self-employed and […]