Uber drivers ‘£18,000 poorer’ as firm appeals two-year-old tribunal order

GMB union says 40,000 drivers are worse off through missing holiday and sick pay, despite a court ruling in 2016

Uber drivers are estimated to be more than 18,000 out of pocket because the ride hailing company refuses to recognise a two-year-old ruling entitling them to holiday pay, a minimum wage and rest breaks.

The law firm Leigh Day - acting for the GMB union, which brought the action against the tech giant - calculates that its 40,000 drivers are all owed almost 11,000 in wages and more than 8,000 in holiday pay. But Uber is continuing to appeal the ruling, made two years ago at the central London employment tribunal.