Drivers want to be contractors, Australasian Uber chief Emma Foley says

Drivers want to be contractors, Australasian Uber chief Emma Foley says
Emma Foley said around 70% of drivers work fewer than 20 hours a week. (Image: Supplied)
Gregor Thompson
Uber drivers are worried that any amendments to their contractor status may affect their flexible working conditions, Uber’s Australia and New Zealand general manager says. Emma Foley, originally from Wellington but currently based in Sydney, was in NZ last week talking to drivers for the annual “driver advisory forum”. In September last year, the Court of Appeal upheld a previous decision by the Employment Court and found that Uber drivers are employees under the Employment Relations Act 2000. The case was taken by...

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