Uber has been granted the right to appeal against last year’s ruling that its UK minicab drivers should be treated as workers with rights to the minimum wage and holiday pay. The Guardian report that the EAT has set a date for a two-day hearing starting on 27 September. Uber will argue that the tribunal made “inconsistent and perverse findings” and “erred in law”, according to Uber’s notice of appeal. The GMB union, which backed the Claimants, said it remains 100% confident that the courts will uphold the original judgment that drivers have worker status.
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