{"id":697,"date":"2021-03-01T01:48:59","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T00:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/01\/uber-accused-of-using-loaded-questions-in-drivers-survey\/"},"modified":"2021-03-01T01:48:59","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T00:48:59","slug":"uber-accused-of-using-loaded-questions-in-drivers-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/01\/uber-accused-of-using-loaded-questions-in-drivers-survey\/","title":{"rendered":"Uber accused of using &#8216;loaded questions&#8217; in drivers survey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Unions say questions are designed to help get sympathetic changes in employment law<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/uber\">Uber<\/a> has been accused of using \u201cloaded questions\u201d in a consultation with drivers, after a landmark court ruling handed workers rights to improved conditions.<\/p>\n<p>The firm may have to pay out over \u00a3100m in compensation to 10,000 drivers, after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2021\/feb\/19\/uber-drivers-workers-uk-supreme-court-rules-rights\">UK supreme court ruled<\/a> last week they are entitled to holiday pay, a company pension and the national minimum wage. Uber has previously argued that its 60,000 UK drivers are self-employed independent contractors with limited employment rights.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2021\/mar\/01\/uber-accused-of-using-loaded-questions-in-drivers-survey\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/317790170a584480cd7a99b42c9e6a1b77c0a8ab\/0_144_6773_4067\/master\/6773.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=0a762fa896b0f02dfb1ba6453f37095c\" title=\"Uber accused of using 'loaded questions' in drivers survey\" \/>Unions say questions are designed to help get sympathetic changes in employment law<br \/>\nUber has been accused of using \u201cloaded questions\u201d in a consultation with drivers, after a landmark court ruling handed workers rights to improved conditions.<br \/>\nThe firm may have to pay out over \u00a3100m in compensation to 10,000 drivers, after the UK supreme court ruled last week they are entitled to holiday pay, a company pension and the national minimum wage. Uber has previously argued that its 60,000 UK drivers are self-employed independent contractors with limited employment rights. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unions say questions are designed to help get sympathetic changes in employment law Uber has been accused of using \u201cloaded questions\u201d in a consultation with drivers, after a landmark court ruling handed workers rights to improved conditions. The firm may have to pay out over \u00a3100m in compensation to 10,000 drivers, after the UK supreme &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/01\/uber-accused-of-using-loaded-questions-in-drivers-survey\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Uber accused of using &#8216;loaded questions&#8217; in drivers survey<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":698,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}