UK’s Supreme Court to rule on Uber drivers’ status

London: Britain’s Supreme Court is to rule Friday on the employment status of Uber drivers in a judgement with wider implications for the “gig economy”. The ruling is set for 0945 GMT after a years-long legal battle, with the US taxi and delivery company suffering court defeats in 2017 and 2018. Lower courts have ruled […]

Indian expat in Dubai charged with leaking company secrets acquitted

Dubai: The Dubai Court of First Instance has cleared an Indian engineer of charges that he had leaked his company’s secrets after his Dubai employer filed a case against him for lodging a labour complaint. The 34-year-old Indian engineer was charged with leaking his company’s project design with assistance from another 27-year-old Indian engineer. The […]