#9: What the Uber decision means for contractors

2024-09-05

In this episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: We go riding with veteran rideshare driver Rosco after Uber drivers were declared by the Court of Appeal to be employees not contractors. Other unions are now planning challenges to the status of other contracted workers. We look at what it means for those businesses and whether the government will step in. Timecodes below: (01:03) - What's wrong with Uber? (04:35) - How does this affect other contractor workforces? (10:00) - What might th...

In this episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: We go riding with veteran rideshare driver Rosco after Uber drivers were declared by the Court of Appeal to be employees not contractors.

Other unions are now planning challenges to the status of other contracted workers. We look at what it means for those businesses and whether the government will step in.

Timecodes below:

(01:03) - What's wrong with Uber?

(04:35) - How does this affect other contractor workforces?

(10:00) - What might the government do?

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