Online Class Notes (Jesse)

According to the judge of the British Supreme Court last week，the Uber company should treat the drivers of its platform as employees, not self-employed, and this meant that thousands of uber drivers can get the minimum salary guarantee, paid leave and rest time, therefore Uber must pay a huge compensation. The lawsuit lasted six year and has great significance which maintain the rights of uber drivers. Some experts said: the trade unions played important roles during the whole process of the lawsuit. But Uber replied that they would appeal again as the judge was only suitable for the drivers who worked for Uber in 2016, and this made the drivers and lowers unsatisfied, so I think the lawsuit will be continued, and we don’t know if it will bring a big impact for the global no paid economy.

According to the judge of the British Supreme Court last week，the Uber company should treat the drivers of its platform as employees, not / rather than / as opposed to self-employed, and this means that thousands of uber drivers can (now) get the minimum salary guarantee, paid leave and regular days off, therefore Uber must pay a huge compensation. The lawsuit lasted / went for six years and has great significance in that it maintains the rights of uber drivers. Some experts said: the trade unions played important roles during the whole process of the lawsuit. But Uber replied that they would appeal again as the judgement was only suitable for the drivers who worked for Uber in 2016 / for pre-2017 Uber drivers, which angered / was not acceptable to the drivers and lawyers, so I think the lawsuit will be continued, but we don’t know if it will have a big impact for / whether it will impact the global zero dollar economy.

in that – explains what you just said
eg. Your English has improved in that you can now talk with Australians, and not just Americans
eg2. She is beautiful in that her eyes, nose and mouth all look perfect, like a painting.

According to the data from the UK gambling association, the bet on the next president of the US has exceeded 1 billion US dollars which is a super scary figure in that it is higher than all kinds of sports events.

Vocabulary

as opposed to = instead of / rather than / on the other hand
eg. Person A: I think today I will eat cereal for breakfast! Person B: As opposed to what? Person A: As opposed to yum cha!

fiddly – lots of little annoying things
eg. cooking can really fiddly! First you need to find the vegetables, then wash them, then dry them, the cut them, …

time consuming – uses a lot of time
eg. Cooking can really time consuming (takes a lot of time)

cutting out – on and off
eg. sorry the connection is cutting out

futuristic – like future
realistic – like real
eg. I think your plan to do this photo shoot within 5 days is realistic
eg2. this shoot will have a cool futuristic feeling and style

they sued Uber – went to court to try to get money from someone / a company
eg. I will sue you if you do that! = I will take you to court and try to get money from you

road rules / traffic rules – driving rules on the road
eg. I didn’t wanna drive in the UK because I wasn’t familiar with the road rules

with a limited scope – not broad, very specific in what sth does

unemployment
eg. I wonder if this new law will affect unemployment / will cause unemployment to increase / will have an impact / will affect / will have an effect on the unemployment rate