Swiss court rules: Uber driver is an employee of the group
A potentially groundbreaking ruling in Switzerland: A former Uber driver won a case against the ride-hailing service Uberpop at the Lausanne Labor Court on Thursday and is now considered an employee of the global company.
This is reported by the SonntagsZeitung and Le Matin Dimanche. For the court, the relationship between Uber and its drivers is comparable to the employment contract between a cab company and its employees. A Dutch subsidiary of the US company must pay the Vaud plaintiff compensation for unfair dismissal and for the vacation to which he would have been entitled.
"This case is very important", the driver's lawyer told the newspapers, because "the judgment can motivate many people to demand the same". If the ruling becomes legally binding, the company will have to pay social security contributions, accident insurance, sick days and vacation for the drivers. This is not currently the case.
Uber can appeal to the cantonal court and then to the federal court. Until now, Uber considered the drivers to be self-employed. (SDA)
