Yesterday's employment tribunal ruling regarding the employment of 'Uber' cab drivers must surely impact upon those who have been working for Marston's, and others, in the pub trade.
Among other comments, the tribunal said that 'Uber' was guilty of "resorting in its documentation to fictions, twisted language and even brand new terminology" and went on to say that "The notion that 'Uber' in London is a mosaic of 30,000 small businesses linked by a common platform is to our mind faintly ridiculous".
While the situations may not be fully comparable, are not Marston's and other pub owning companies also using fictions and twisted language in order to justify the ridiculous notion that many pub landlords are self-employed when, in reality, they are employees ? 'Uber' drivers rely on the infrastructure of the company for their supply of customers and are bound by company rules and regulations. Many pub landlords are bound just as tightly, working in a building owned by a 'pubco', required to buy their supplies from the same 'pubco' and to sell everything at prices determined by them, and also required to use the 'pubco's' financial systems.
For me, this is a 'slam, dunk'.
Among other comments, the tribunal said that 'Uber' was guilty of "resorting in its documentation to fictions, twisted language and even brand new terminology" and went on to say that "The notion that 'Uber' in London is a mosaic of 30,000 small businesses linked by a common platform is to our mind faintly ridiculous".
While the situations may not be fully comparable, are not Marston's and other pub owning companies also using fictions and twisted language in order to justify the ridiculous notion that many pub landlords are self-employed when, in reality, they are employees ? 'Uber' drivers rely on the infrastructure of the company for their supply of customers and are bound by company rules and regulations. Many pub landlords are bound just as tightly, working in a building owned by a 'pubco', required to buy their supplies from the same 'pubco' and to sell everything at prices determined by them, and also required to use the 'pubco's' financial systems.
For me, this is a 'slam, dunk'.
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