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Still, tough times await Uber in the Netherlands.

According to the court in Amsterdam, Uber drivers are employees, but the company asked for the judgment to be suspended pending the appeal. The court has now granted that requirement and the drivers will remain self-employed for the time being. That is the outcome of the court in Amsterdam, which stated that the interest of Uber and the drivers in maintaining the existing situation for the time being outweighs the interest of the trade union FNV in the enforcement of the judgment.

The argument according to the court is that in order to comply with that ruling, Uber must drastically change its organization, with the necessary costs. If the company were found to be in the right on appeal, it would have to reverse all those measures. Amrit Sewgobind, director at FNV Platformwerk, finds this outcome more than a pity.

Maurits Schönfeld, General Manager Northern Europe at Uber, is pleased. Still, tough times await Uber in the Netherlands, because in another case last week before another judge, the latter rejected the requirement to exclude Uber from the taxi collective agreement. Of course, this does not mean that the Court of Appeal will rule differently from the District Court on appeal.

Last year, the court in Amsterdam already ruled at the request of FNV that the company must hire its drivers, whom it now treats as self-employed entrepreneurs.

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