The shadow business secretary, Rebecca Long-Bailey, said: “This is a landmark victory for workers who have had enough of precarious conditions. 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 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.