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<blockquote data-quote="Dheepa" data-source="post: 64804" data-attributes="member: 1572">On your first point, I think it's interesting to contrast this with Uber's position in the US. Late last year Uber was able to get around a the 2019 California state assembly law on classifying gig economy workers as employees through a referendum. Voters essentially voted in favour of a middle ground where Uber would provide things like healthcare subsidies and accident insurance. The end cost of this has already been passed down to consumers but it was significantly less than what would have been the case if the workers had to be given full employment protection. While the UK judgement is evidently not something that can be worked around in this way, it will be interesting to see what kind of strategies Uber adopts to ensure that prices remain competitive despite the additional costs. If I'm not mistaken JustEat has recently started offering minimum wage/pension contributions/sick pay to some of its workers. The drawback to this is that they are doing this through an outsourcing agency which while cuts costs for them, raises concerns on how well drivers rights are being protected anyway. I think there's a high chance Uber could try to adopt a similar model to comply with the judgement.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dheepa, post: 64804, member: 1572"] On your first point, I think it's interesting to contrast this with Uber's position in the US. Late last year Uber was able to get around a the 2019 California state assembly law on classifying gig economy workers as employees through a referendum. Voters essentially voted in favour of a middle ground where Uber would provide things like healthcare subsidies and accident insurance. The end cost of this has already been passed down to consumers but it was significantly less than what would have been the case if the workers had to be given full employment protection. While the UK judgement is evidently not something that can be worked around in this way, it will be interesting to see what kind of strategies Uber adopts to ensure that prices remain competitive despite the additional costs. If I'm not mistaken JustEat has recently started offering minimum wage/pension contributions/sick pay to some of its workers. The drawback to this is that they are doing this through an outsourcing agency which while cuts costs for them, raises concerns on how well drivers rights are being protected anyway. I think there's a high chance Uber could try to adopt a similar model to comply with the judgement. [/QUOTE]

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