ПУТИ ОПТИМИЗАЦИИ ПОДГОТОВКИ УЧИТЕЛЯ В ОБЛАСТИ ИНОЯЗЫЧНОГО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ

86 What happens now? Uber, which is worth $110bn but has never made a profit, said the changes to its UK drivers' pay would come in from Wednesday, and form an earnings floor, not an earnings ceiling. The company said the new rates would come on top of free insurance to cover sickness, injury and maternity and paternity payments which have been in place for all drivers since 2018. Uber says: It will pay at least the National Living Wage for over-25s , irrespective of a driv- er's age, after accepting a trip request and after expenses All drivers will be paid holiday time based on 12.07 % of their earnings, paid out on a fortnightly basis Drivers will automatically be enrolled into a pension plan with contributions from Uber alongside driver contributions, setting drivers up over the long term It will continue free insurance in case of sickness or injury as well as parental payments, which have been in place for all drivers since 2018 All drivers will retain the freedom to choose if, when and where they drive What does Uber say? Jamie Heywood, regional general manager for Northern Europe at Uber, said: "Uber is just one part of a larger private-hire industry, so we hope that all other op- erators will join us in improving the quality of work for these important workers who are an essential part of our everyday lives. "Drivers have consistently told us that they wanted both the flexibility that we provided but also they wanted the benefits and we've been struggling to find a way of bringing those two together in a way that work for us and work for drivers," he said. Uber pointed out in its statement announcing the changes that a worker is a clas- sification that is unique under UK employment law. Workers are not full-blown em- ployees but are entitled to the minimum wage, holiday pay and a pension. The company said the recent UK Supreme Court ruling had provided a clearer path forward as to a model that gives drivers the rights of worker status - while con- tinuing to let them work flexibly. Are unions and driver , s happy? Boss of the TUC union body, Frances O'Grady, said the announcement was "really important because it shows that no multi-national company however big is above the law". But she suggested Uber was trying to "cherry pick" from the Supreme Court's ruling, which said Uber should consider its drivers as workers from the time they logged onto the app, until they logged off. Instead, it will only commit to these entitlements from the time a trip is accepted to the drop-off. James Farrar and Yaseen Aslam, the two former drivers who sued Uber over worker status , said the company was still "short changing [drivers] to the tune of 40–50 %".