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Employment Status: Reality check for Uber as its drivers are found to be workers
Anthony Sakrouge looks at the key lessons from Uber’s failure to convince the employment tribunal that its drivers are self-employed ‘Advisers should look critically at their organisation’s documentation, where it seems likely at the outset that the exact nature of the contractual relationship may one day be challenged, and see what function each document serves …
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- Aslam v Uber [2016] ET 2202550/15
- Autoclenz Ltd v Belcher & ors [2011] UKSC 41
- Hospital Medical Group Ltd v Westwood [2012] EWCA Civ 1005
- Khan v Checkers Cars Ltd [2005] UKEAT/0208/05/DZM
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- Suhail v Barking Havering and Redbridge NHS Trust [2015] UKEAT 0536/13/RN