The tribunal’s decision that Uber’s 30,000 drivers in London are workers with rights to legal minimum wages and holiday pay is the latest in a series of conflicting decisions around the world. Courts and regulators have tussled with the question of whether Uber drivers are employees or self-employed contractors, an issue with profound implications for the “gig economy”. The London ruling, against which Uber is appealing, is significant both because of the judgment’s clarity and the fact that UK employment law offers a middle way. “Workers”, the category to which the tribunal allocated Uber drivers, enjoy some of the rights of employees but not all....