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Andrew Nugent Smith, Managing Director, comments in Business Leader in relation to Addison Lee and the latest gig economy ruling. “This is the latest in a long
Andrew Nugent Smith, Managing Director, comments in relation to Asda workers winning the first stage of its recent legal battle in the UK Supreme Court over equal pay, in Yahoo! Finance, People Management and Edward Fennell’s Legal Diary.
Keller Lenkner UK managing director Andrew Nugent Smith told Computer Weekly that it was disappointing that Uber had stated that it would only pay its drivers the minimum wages that they are entitled to when they were on a job rather than for the entire time that they were logged into its app and available for work.
We talked to Computer Weekly following the Supreme Court ruling on 19th February that Uber drivers were workers and therefore entitled to minimum wages and holiday pay. Keller Lenkner UK managing director Andrew Nugent Smith advised that each affected driver could be entitled to between £10,000 – £12,000 in unpaid wages.
We announced to Legal Futures that the firm had lodged claims in both the Employment Tribunal and the High Court following the Supreme Court ruling which confirmed that Uber drivers should be classed as workers.
Keller Lenkner UK managing director Andrew Nugent Smith talked to Wired and confirmed that the firm is representing around 9,000 Uber drivers in claims filed in both the High Court and the Employment Tribunal for unpaid minimum wages and holiday pay.
We talked to the New Statesman to confirm that drivers who had worked for Uber since 2015 are likely to be entitled to backdated minimum wages and holiday pay following the Supreme Court ruling recognising them as workers.
Following the Supreme Court’s ruling that Uber drivers should be classed as workers, we talked to Personnel Today about what happens next and why Uber must now accept this final decision.
Andrew Nugent Smith, managing director at Keller Lenkner UK, talked to the Guardian to comment on news that Uber had advised its drivers that only a small number were entitled to backdated minimum wages and holiday pay following the Supreme Court ruling confirming their rights.
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