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Uber drivers are ‘workers’ and therefore entitled to employment rights including the minimum wage and sick pay, the Supreme Court has ruled, in a judgement that could upend the way the app-based economy works in the UK. The court unanimously agreed that drivers were working “for and under” Uber, regardless of how the arrangement was written into the contractual agreement, and therefore the relevant employment legislation applied – bringing to end a five year legal battle over the issue. “It…

Disability rules have been clarified to show that Type II Diabetes which is controlled through abstaining from sugary drinks is not a disability as defined under the Equalties Act 2010.