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Uber Loses Lastest UK Legal Bid to Block Worker Rights for Drivers

by Reuters

   LONDON --

   Uber lost its latest court bid Wednesday to stop British drivers from
   being classified as workers, entitling them to rights such as the
   minimum wage, in a decision which jeopardizes the taxi app's business
   model.

   Two drivers successfully argued at a tribunal in 2016 that the Silicon
   Valley firm exerted significant control over them to provide an
   on-demand service and that they should cease to be considered
   self-employed, which gives few protections in law.

   An employment appeal tribunal upheld that decision last year prompting
   Uber to go to the Court of Appeal, which ruled against the firm in a
   decision handed down Wednesday.