https://nltimes.nl/2021/09/13/uber-must-employ-its-drivers-dutch-court-rules

Skip to main content
Home
Toggle navigation

Main navigation

  * Top stories
  * Health
  * Crime
  * Politics
  * Business
  * Tech
  * Culture
  * Sports
  * Weird
  * 1-1-2

Image
An Uber driver
An Uber driver - Source: itchaz.gmail.com at DepositPhotos - License:
Deposit Photos
Business
Uber
FNV
employee
self-employed
collective bargaining agreement
Taxi Transport
Zakaria Boufangacha
>> More tags << Less tags
Monday, September 13, 2021 - 11:50
Share this:

  * facebook
  * twitter
  * linkedin
  * whatsapp
  * reddit

Uber must employ its drivers, Dutch court rules

Taxi app Uber has to employ its drivers. From now on they fall under
the collective bargaining agreement of Taxi Transport, the court
ruled in a case brought by trade union FNV. Uber wanted drivers to
remain self-employed, while FNV called this bogus self-employment.

The judge ruled that Uber has "modern employer authority" and that
drivers are only self-employed 'on paper'. Several features on the
app that Uber uses to connect drivers with customers indicate an
employee relationship. For example, a driver may only refuse a few
trips before being logged out by the system. In the event of customer
complaints, Uber is also the party that decides unilaterally about
the solution. The company can, among other things, decide to adjust
the agreed fare.

FNV called the ruling a major victory for drivers' rights. "It is
also a signal to The Hague that these types of constructions are
illegal and that the law must be enforced," said trade union
vice president Zakaria Boufangacha in a response. 

Uber is disappointed by the ruling. "We know that the vast majority
of drivers would like to remain independent," said Maurits Schonfeld,
general manager of Uber in Northern Europe. In the Netherlands there
are about 4 thousand Uber drivers. 

Reporting by ANP.

Follow us:

  *  
  *  
  *  
  *  

Latest stories

  * Ajax to earn at least EUR45 mil. in Champions League
  * Concerts to be held without fixed seating at 75% capacity from
    Sept. 25: Report
  * Non-vital companies to also receive cyber attack warnings
  * Insulation of homes unaffordable for many, going much too slowly
  * "Stowaways" rescued from sea container at Rotterdam port arrested
    in possible drug case
  * Lowest number of coronavirus infections in 10 weeks; Covid
    hospital total rises

Top stories

  * Ajax to earn at least EUR45 mil. in Champions League
  * Concerts to be held without fixed seating at 75% capacity from
    Sept. 25: Report
  * Non-vital companies to also receive cyber attack warnings
  * Insulation of homes unaffordable for many, going much too slowly
  * "Stowaways" rescued from sea container at Rotterdam port arrested
    in possible drug case
  * Lowest number of coronavirus infections in 10 weeks; Covid
    hospital total rises

(c) 2012-2021 NLTimes.nl, All rights reserved.

Footer menu

  * Privacy
  * Contact
  * Partner content