News / Addison Lee next 'gig economy' operator on Independent Workers' Union radar

The UK trade union that won an employment case against courier firm CitySprint and forced it to reclassify the employment status of a delivery rider from “independent contractor” to “worker” is set to challenge Addison Lee on driver status.

In a case scheduled to be heard next week, Addison Lee driver Christopher Gascoigne, a member of the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB), will argue that the company has been unlawfully classifying him as an independent contractor, instead of a worker, thus ...