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Thousands of UK Bolt drivers win legal claim to be classed as employees

Thousands of Bolt drivers have won their legal claim to be classed as employees and could be in line for compensation of more than £200m.An employment tribunal ruled that...
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Gig economy firm under fire for telling restaurants they can avoid UK’s new tipping laws

A gig economy firm has been criticised for telling its hospitality clients they can avoid new fair tipping...
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Bolt drivers seek to be classed as workers at London employment tribunal

Drivers working for Bolt, the ride-hailing app operator, are seeking to be classed as workers rather than self-employed...
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‘Targets are unrealistic’: sacked fruit picker tells of treatment on Kent farm

It had been a sweltering morning picking cherries beneath plastic polytunnels in July when Ilyas finally lost his...
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More than a million British workers not having a single day of paid time off, says TUC

Workers across Britain have lost out on holiday pay worth £2bn, with more than a million people going...

Publish data on ride-hailing apps ‘to cut exploitation and emissions’, say campaigners

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Uber and other ride-hailing apps should be forced to publish data on drivers’ workloads so that regulators can tackle exploitation and cut carbon emissions,...

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