Driver is not an employee, French court rules, as Uber celebrates
Paris — Uber has won a case filed by a French driver claiming he should be considered an employee, with judges saying the company was simply an intermediary — a ruling that clashes with a top EU court decision just weeks ago. The decision by a Paris labour court suggests that authorities and legal minds are divided over how to regulate companies and workers in the so-called "gig economy". The driver in the French case, who stopped working for Uber in 2016 after providing about 4,000 trips in under two years, later sued to have his "commercial accord" reclassified as an employment contract. He was seeking reimbursement for holidays and expenses as well as indemnities for "undeclared work" and contract termination.
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