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Abstract
The Supreme Court (SC) has unanimously decided that drivers engaged by Uber are workers rather than independent contractors. It also decided that drivers are working when they are signed in to the Uber app and ready to work.
- Issue 2 2021
- Editorial Human rights are slowly taking precedence over fundamental freedoms in EU employment law
- Case Reports 2021/13 Equal Treatment Authority’s decision does not bind the court (HU)
- Case Reports 2021/14 End of the Achbita saga in Belgium: National judge rejects indirect discrimination and criticises duty to look for alternative position in case of refusal to comply with neutrality policy (BE)
- Case Reports 2021/15 The concept of ‘establishment’ in the context of collective redundancies (AT)
- Case Reports 2021/16 Employer’s right of selection upon unilateral termination of the employment relationship (BG)
- Case Reports 2021/17 The Court of Appeal clarifies the Irish position on dismissal of an employee during the probation period (IR)
- Case Reports 2021/18 Fixed-term singers not comparable to permanent singers at the Royal Danish Theatre (DK)
- Case Reports 2021/19 Employees’ contracts can be split so they transfer to multiple employers on a TUPE service provision change (UK)
- Case Reports 2021/20 Qualification of on-call duty as actual working time (LU)
- Case Reports 2021/21 The time spent in isolation at work during a state of emergency represents working time (RO)
- Case Reports 2021/22 Changes in the freedom of contract in employment contract law during a pandemic (HU)
- Case Reports 2021/23 Crowdworking: An occupation between self-employment and dependence (GE)
- Case Reports 2021/24 Supreme Court confirms that Uber drivers are ‘workers’ (UK)
- Landmark Ruling ECJ 3 June 2021, case C-624/19 (Tesco Stores), Gender Discrimination, Discrimination General
- Landmark Ruling ECJ 3 June 2021, case C-784/19 (TEAM POWER EUROPE), Social Insurance, Temporary Agency Work, Posting of Workers and Expatriates
- Rulings ECJ 15 April 2021, Case C-30/19 (Braathens Regional Aviation AB), Race, Nationality Discrimination
- Rulings ECtHR 8 April 2021, application no. 47621/13 and 5 others (Vavřička and Others v. the Czech Republic), Privacy, Miscellaneous
- Rulings ECJ 15 April 2021, Case C-877/19 P (FV/Council), Miscellaneous
- Rulings ECJ 15 April 2021, Case C-875/19 P (FV/Council), Miscellaneous
- Rulings ECJ 12 May 2021, Case C-27/20 (CAF), Social Insurance
- Rulings ECJ 15 April 2021, Case C-511/19 (Olympiako Athlitiko Kentro Athinon), Age Discrimination
- Rulings ECJ 12 May 2021, Case C-130/20 (INSS (Complément de pension pour les mères – II)), Gender Discrimination, Pension
- Rulings ECJ 12 May 2021, Case C-202/20 P (Necci / Commission), Miscellaneous
- Rulings ECJ 20 May 2021, Case C-63/20 P (Dickmanns/EUIPO), Miscellaneous
- Rulings ECJ 20 May 2021, Case C-879/19 (Format), Social Insurance
- Rulings ECJ 3 June 2021, case C-326/19 (Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca – MIUR e.a. (Chercheurs universitaires)), Fixed-Term Work
- Rulings ECJ 3 June 2021, case C-726/19 (Instituto Madrileño de Investigación y Desarrollo Rural, Agrario y Alimentario), Fixed-Term Work
- Rulings ECJ 3 June 2021, case C-914/19 (Ministero della Giustizia (Notaires)), Age Discrimination
- Rulings ECJ 3 June 2021, case C-942/19 (Servicio Aragonés de Salud), Fixed-Term Work
- Rulings ECtHR 10 June 2021, application no. 45487/17 (Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO) and Norwegian Transport Workers’ Union (NTF) v. Norway), Collective Agreements, Unions, Free Movement, Other Fundamental Rights
- Rulings ECJ 10 June 2021, case C-591/19 P (Commission v De Esteban Alonso), Miscellaneous
- Rulings ECJ 24 June 2021, case C-550/19 (Obras y Servicios Públicos en Acciona Agua), Fixed-Term Work, Transfer of Undertakings, Employment Terms
- Rulings ECJ 8 July 2021, case C-428/19 (Rapidsped), Posting of Workers and Expatriates
- Rulings ECJ 8 July 2021, case C-71/20 (VAS Shipping), Work and Residence Permit
- Rulings ECJ 8 July 2021, case C-166/20 (Lietuvos Respublikos sveikatos apsaugos ministerija), Work and Residence Permit
- Pending Cases Case C-192/21, Fixed-term Work
- Pending Cases Cases C-106/21, C-107/21 and C-135/21, Unions
- Pending Cases Case C-120/21, Paid Leave
- Pending Cases Case C-101/21, Insolvency
- Pending Cases Case C-133/21, Fixed-term Work
- Pending Cases Case C-199/21, Social Insurance, Pension
- Pending Cases Case C-283/21, Social Insurance
- Pending Cases Case C-270/21, Work and Residence Permit
European Employment Law Cases |
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| Case Reports | 2021/24 Supreme Court confirms that Uber drivers are ‘workers’ (UK) |
| Keywords | Employment Status, Working Time |
| Authors | Colin Leckey |
| DOI | 10.5553/EELC/187791072021006002013 |
| Author's information |
Colin Leckey Colin Leckey is a partner at Lewis Silkin LLP. |