News
Court rules Uber drivers are employees not contractors
Uber drivers are employees rather than independent contractors and are entitled to greater workers’ rights, a Dutch court has ruled.
News
Uber drivers are employees rather than independent contractors and are entitled to greater workers’ rights, a Dutch court has ruled.
Opinion
Beware the wolves in sheep’s clothing – the power and politics driving the “future of work” conversation is anti-worker by design. The labour movement needs to steel itself for the fight of a lifetime – and the time is now, argues Alice Dawkins.
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An Adelaide former Uber Eats driver is appealing a court decision that she wasn’t an employee when sacked for a late delivery. But Uber is the flagbearer for a “parasitical” model gig economy in which hard-won worker rights are being stripped away at the click of an app, argues Peter Fleming, Carl Rhodes and Kyoung-Hee Yu.
The US Department of Justice has filed criminal charges accusing Anthony Levandowski, a pioneer in self-driving car technology, of stealing trade secrets from his former employer Google before joining rival Uber Technologies.
Uber Air’s intent to launch an aerial taxi service in 2023 puts renewed focus on drone technology and safety. But when proven safe, the public will accept pilot-free passenger drones in the sky as it has other forms of transport, argues Matthew Marino.
Melbourne will be the third city in the world to trial a new app-hailed Uber service that transports people by air, in a step Victoria says will cement the city’s innovation credentials.
