Uber refuses to back down and heads to UK Supreme Court to defend its business model for the third time

It’s going to be a busy week for Uber‘s legal department. The ride-hailing app business is to appear in the UK‘s Supreme Court later today to defend its business model that classifies its drivers as independent contractors, not as employees, Reuters reports. [Read: Germany developing legislation to be first to commercialize Level 4 autonomous vehicles] The ride-hailing company’s hearing has been bumped up to the Supreme Court after two failed appeals over a case that started in 2016. Back in 2016, two Uber drivers lobbied for gig-workers to receive basic employment benefits like minimum wage, paid holidays, and sanctioned rest…

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