{"id":344498,"date":"2021-09-24T20:50:54","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T17:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/uber-to-provide-pension-plans-for-uk-drivers\/"},"modified":"2021-09-24T20:50:54","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T17:50:54","slug":"uber-to-provide-pension-plans-for-uk-drivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/uber-to-provide-pension-plans-for-uk-drivers\/","title":{"rendered":"#Uber to provide pension plans for UK drivers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Uber to provide pension plans for UK drivers<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Uber said it would start rolling out its pension plan to all eligible drivers in the United Kingdom, months after the ride-hailing service granted workers\u2019 rights to its drivers in the country.<\/p>\n<p>In March,\u00a0Uber\u00a0had reclassified its more than 70,000 drivers in Britain as workers following a Supreme Court ruling.\u00a0Uber\u00a0had also said it would offer guaranteed entitlements, including holiday pay, a pension plan and limited minimum wage.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, the Silicon Valley company said it would contribute 3 percent of a driver\u2019s earnings into a pension plan, while drivers can choose to contribute a minimum of 5 percent of their qualifying earnings.<\/p>\n<p>Britain\u2019s GMB union represents\u00a0Uber\u2019s drivers in the country, and has the right to negotiate on behalf of the workforce.<\/p>\n<p>Uber\u00a0and GMB also urged other ride-hailing companies like Ola, Bolt and Addison Lee to offer similar benefits to their drivers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am extending an invitation to work with operators such as Bolt, Addison Lee and Ola to create a cross-industry pension scheme. This will enable all drivers to save for their futures whilst working across multiple platforms,\u201d said Jamie Heywood, an executive for\u00a0Uber\u2019s northern and eastern European region.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/uber-provides-pensions-uk-drivers3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Closeup of a person's chest wearing a black T-shirt with the words UBER London and holding a smartphone in hand\" class=\"wp-image-19568221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/uber-provides-pensions-uk-drivers3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/uber-provides-pensions-uk-drivers3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/uber-provides-pensions-uk-drivers3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Uber said it would contribute 3 percent of earnings into a pension plan for its drivers in the United Kingdom.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Britain\u2019s Pensions Regulator said it noted the \u201cpositive steps\u201d taken by\u00a0Uber\u00a0and called on all gig economy employers to enroll eligible staff in pension schemes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe gig economy is set to grow further as the UK emerges from the pandemic and businesses recover and it is only right that all workers contributing to the economy receive the pensions they are entitled to,\u201d a spokesperson said in an emailed statement.<\/p>\n<p>The regulator would take enforcement action against employers who did not enroll staff \u201cvoluntarily and promptly,\u201d the spokesperson added.<\/p>\n<p>Uber\u2019s drivers will be auto-enrolled in a pension scheme provided by NOW: Pensions and managed by workplace solutions provider Adecco, the company added.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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In March,\u00a0Uber\u00a0had reclassified its more than 70,000 drivers in Britain as workers following a Supreme&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":344499,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/uber-provides-pensions-uk-drivers2.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[116491,91076,73428,73424,1450,76339],"class_list":["post-344498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-9-24-21","tag-gig-economy","tag-pensions","tag-ride-sharing","tag-uber","tag-workers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344498\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/344499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}