The American ride-hailing service Uber has been ordered to pay about 17 million francs to 139 drivers in the French city of Lyon. The driver’s lawyer announced this on Friday from the French news agency AFP.
Uber was forced to reassess the contracts of the 139 drivers, says lawyer Stéphane Teyssier, who confirms a report from a regional newspaper. The decision was made by an employment tribunal that the Uber drivers from Lyon had gone before.
Teyssier said the court relied on a 2020 Supreme Court ruling that Uber drivers should be considered employees of the company.
When asked, Uber told AFP news agency that the company would appeal the decision. In general, employment tribunals and courts come to the conclusion that drivers who carry out their passenger transport with the Uber app are self-employed.
In Switzerland, a federal court ruled in May last year that Uber falls under the Taxis and Transport Vehicles Act in Geneva and must therefore treat its drivers as employees and not as self-employed persons. (sda/afp)
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