Uber Drivers Aren’t Employees but Contractors, Dutch Court Rules

Dutch Uber Technologies Inc. drivers are independent contractors and not employees, the Amsterdam Court of Appeal ruled Tuesday in a long-running dispute between labor unions and the ride-hailing app.

The individual circumstances of Uber drivers differ too much to determine whether they should all be classed as employees, the court said in a statement. Labor union FNV had argued that drivers, as employees, should be paid according to the country’s Collective Labor Agreement for Taxi Transport.