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A better deal for Uber drivers in UK, but Australia's ‘gig workers' must wait

  • Written by Tom Barratt, Lecturer, School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University
A better deal for Uber drivers in UK, but Australia's ‘gig workers' must wait

Uber’s announcement earlier this month it will now treat its drivers in the United Kingdom as “workers” rather than “independent contractors” is a significant development for the so-called gig economy.

It follows Uber losing a five-year legal battle to avoid doing just that.

In 2016 two British drivers, James Farrar and...

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