UK business minister welcomes workers' rights for Uber drivers

Reuters · 03/17/2021 07:08
UK business minister welcomes workers' rights for Uber drivers

- Britain's business minister said on Wednesday he welcomed a decision by Uber UBER.N to give its more than 70,000 British drivers entitlements such as the minimum wage after the Silicon Valley-based company lost a Supreme Court case on worker rights.

"(It's) absolutely to be welcomed," Kwasi Kwarteng told Sky News.


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