Uber loses latest UK legal bid to block worker status for drivers

Uber loses latest UK legal bid to block worker status for drivers

A London street map sits on a smartphone using the Uber Technologies Inc. ride-hailing service smartphone app in this arranged photograph in London, U.K., on Friday, Dec. 22, 2017. Photographer: Chris J. Ratcliffe/Bloomberg

Uber has lost its latest court bid to stop its British drivers being classified as workers, entitling them to rights such as the minimum wage, in a decision which jeopardises the taxi app’s business model.

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