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| | | | | Uber drivers in the UK are no longer self-employed. They are now classed as workers and will be guaranteed a minimum wage, holiday pay and pensions after Uber lost a court battle in the UK last month over drivers’ employment status. That’s 70,000 people who are entitled to those benefits on top of free insurance to cover sickness, injury, maternity and paternity pay already offered by the US ride-hailing app.
Uber argued it was a third-party booking agent and drivers took on work in a self-employed capacity but the court disagreed. This shift is being hailed "a very significant milestone" by the lawyer who represented Uber drivers fighting for worker rights. Unions and employment experts say this would have far reaching consequences for other companies within the gig economy, which operate in a similar way to Uber. Will this have a domino effect for other business within the gig economy? We’ll have to wait and see. | | |
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| | | Eight people have been killed in shootings in spas in the US state of Georgia. Six Asian women were among those who died at a massage parlour and at two spas on Tuesday. No motive has been established however police have arrested a 21-year-old man.
The shootings came after President Joe Biden last week condemned "vicious hate crimes against Asian-Americans who have been attacked, harassed, blamed and scapegoated". Hate crimes against Asian-Americans have spiked in recent months, fuelled by rhetoric that blames Asian people for the spread of Covid-19. | | |
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| | | "Listen to the regulators" - that’s what Health Secretary Matt Hancock says about getting the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid jab after European nations paused vaccinations over safety fears.
He says the vaccine is safe despite concerns over blood clots. So far about 17 million people across the EU and the UK have received a dose of the vaccine, with fewer than 40 cases of blood clots reported as of last week, the manufacturer AstraZeneca says.
But fears over blood clots has led to 13 countries suspending the use of the vaccine while they seek further clarification on its safety.
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| | | | | | | | | | | I was over the moon to get vaccinated. I've covered the coronavirus pandemic, including the race to develop a vaccine, since only a handful of people were infected in Wuhan.
So when it was my turn to roll up my sleeve at the GP surgery, it really felt like a moment.
But I'm going to be open and honest with you: the vaccine floored me.
Let's be clear, even with hindsight I'd do it all again. I'd rather have side effects than Covid, or another year of restrictions, or to accidentally pass the virus onto a loved one. | | |
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| | | | | | | The AstraZeneca vaccine continues to make the headlines with the Telegraph believing EU leaders are turning on each other while the i newspaper headlines on a claim that EU leaders are "weaponising" fears about the jab. The Royal Family are back on some front pages after Prince Philip left hospital yesterday.
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| | | | | GPS Thieves, robbers and burglars to be fitted with trackers |
| | | | | | Energy Refund plan for bills when direct debits are too high |
| | | | | | Syria The scars left by a school bombing |
| | | | | | Coronavirus 'Much larger' rough sleeping issue exposed, says committee |
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