
Another win for workers: Uber drivers are employees
As the platforms lose case after case over the designation of ‘contractors’ as workers, they are lobbying at European level to win back control.
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Jill Toh is a PhD candidate at the University of Amsterdam (Institute for Information Law). Her research focuses on platform-worker relations, data governance and algorithmic management in the gig economy through a law and political-economy lens.

As the platforms lose case after case over the designation of ‘contractors’ as workers, they are lobbying at European level to win back control.

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