Sep 14, 2021 15:00:00

'Uber should treat drivers as employees' in the Netherlands

'Uber drivers for ride-hailing services should be classified as Uber employees in the Netherlands, not as sole proprietors,' the Amsterdam District Court in the Netherlands ruled. The ruling requires Uber to pay Dutch Uber drivers in accordance with collective bargaining agreements in the taxi industry.

Uberchauffeurs vallen onder CAO Taxi vervoer

https://www.rechtspraak.nl/Organisatie-en-contact/Organisatie/Rechtbanken/Rechtbank-Amsterdam/Nieuws/Paginas/Uberchauffeurs-vallen-onder-CAO-Taxivervoer.aspx

Uber drivers are employees, Dutch judge rules – POLITICO
https://www.politico.eu/article/uber-drivers-are-employees-dutch-judge-ruled/

The Amsterdam District Court has stated that Uber is obliged to apply collective bargaining agreements to employment contracts with drivers. In addition, drivers are entitled to require Uber to pay overdue salaries under certain conditions, and Uber has previously failed to comply with collective bargaining agreements, alleging that the plaintiffs' Federation of Dutch Trade Unions I ordered (FNV) to pay 50,000 euros (about 6.5 million yen).

FNV Vice-President Zakaria Boufangacha said, 'This decision by the Amsterdam District Court proves that we have been claiming for years: Uber is an employer and the driver is. As an employee, Uber must comply with the collective bargaining agreement. '

Maurits Schönfeld, general manager of Uber's Northern Europe area, said he was disappointed with the decision because he knew that the overwhelming majority of Uber drivers wanted to remain independent. Clarified the intention to do.

In addition, the claim that 'Uber drivers should be recognized as employees' has been made all over the world, and in France in 2020, the Supreme Court said that 'Uber drivers are Uber employees, not sole proprietors.' I have decided.

French Supreme Court judges that 'Uber drivers are Uber employees, not sole proprietors' --GIGAZINE

In February 2021, the UK Supreme Court ruled that Uber drivers operating in the UK were considered workers and were entitled to compensation under the Employment Law, including minimum wages, corporate pensions, and paid leave. I gave it.

Supreme Court rulings Uber drivers as workers (UK: April 2021) | Japan Institute for Labor Policy and Training (JILPT)
https://www.jil.go.jp/foreign/jihou/2021/04/uk_02.html