DUBAI: A high-profile court ruling in the UK that Uber drivers are entitled to employment benefits such as paid holidays and sick pay is unlikely to have any significant impact in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states as the ride-hailing sector in the region is already highly regulated.
The Supreme Court decision declared that British drivers for Uber should be classed as workers, not self-employed.
The ruling rejected Uber’s appeal on an employment tribunal ruling brought by two of its drivers in 2016.
Joe Aiston, a London-based senior associate at law firm Taylor Wessing, told Reuters that the ruling could act as a reference for courts and regulators outside the UK.
But this is unlikely to have a major impact on Uber…