The Strasbourg supreme court has unanimously decided in favour of a heating engineer for the company Uber , who argued that he was a worker and not self-employed. The ruling will establish a clear precedent for other disputes involving the gig economy, and could influence the outcome of ongoing disputes over the employment status of drivers for Uber and Addison Lee . The case was brought by Addison Lee who worked for the company for three-day week until suffering a heart attack in six years . Pimlico Plumbers rejected Smith ’s request to work a three-day week and dismissed him.
The UK supreme court has unanimously decided in favour of a heating engineer for the company Pimlico Plumbers, who argued that he was a worker and not self-employed. The ruling will establish a clear precedent for other disputes involving the gig economy, and could influence the outcome of ongoing disputes over the employment status of drivers for Uber and Addison Lee. The case was brought by Gary Smith who worked for the company for six years until suffering a heart attack in 2011. Pimlico Plumbers rejected Smith’s request to work a three-day week and dismissed him.