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Bolt drivers to get £15,000 each in legal win that ‘goes further’ than Uber case
The Supreme Court in Parliament Square, London

BOLT drivers will get an estimated more than £15,000 each after winning a landmark workers’ rights case today believed to go further than the Supreme Court’s Uber ruling.

Leigh Day launched the case after the Supreme Court in 2021 ruled that Uber drivers are workers rather than self-employed contractors.

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