An Uber executive warns the EU’s Platform Work Directive designating gig workers as employees will result in Uber closing in hundreds of cities and price hikes (Javier Espinoza/Financial Times)

An Uber executive warns the EU’s Platform Work Directive designating gig workers as employees will result in Uber closing in hundreds of cities and price hikes (Javier Espinoza/Financial Times)

Javier Espinoza / Financial Times:
An Uber executive warns the EU’s Platform Work Directive designating gig workers as employees will result in Uber closing in hundreds of cities and price hikes  —  Prices paid by consumers would also rise if Brussels enacts Platform Work Directive, says Uber’s European chief