Last year, New Zealanders took just under three million rides using Uber. The platform contracts 11,000 drivers -- it is, by far, our biggest ride-sharing app.
And finally, yesterday, a long-running court case involving Uber came to a close.
Four Uber drivers were able to prove that they were not contractors to the global business, free to do as they please -- in reality, they were employees, and should have been owed all the benefits of employment.
Barbara Buckett is one of New Zealand's leading employment lawyers; she's followed this case closely and speaks to Emile Donovan
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