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- Britain Uber Gives Drivers Worker Benefits
英國優步公司提供駕駛員工的福利
Uber is giving its U.K. drivers the minimum wage, pensions and holiday pay,
following a recent court ruling that said they should be classified as
workers and entitled to such benefits.
The ride hailing giant's announcement comes after it lost an appeal last
month at the U.K. Supreme Court following a years-long court battle, in a
decision that holds wider implications (可能的影響;可能的後果, 牽連) for the
country's gig economy.
ride hailing:約車,叫車
giant:泰斗、巨擘
the minimum wage:最低工資
pension:退休金
be entitled to:有權獲得
appeal:上訴
battle:戰爭
wider implications :可能的影響;可能的後果, 牽連
gig economy:零工經濟
Uber said it's extending the benefits immediately to its more than 70,000
drivers in the U.K.
The drivers who filed the case welcomed the news but said it's not enough.
extending to:擴展、延伸
benefit:利益
filed the case:提起訴訟
- Economic Minister Open to Dialogue with Environmental Groups
經濟部長開啟與環保團體對話
Economic Minister Wang Mei-hua says she remains open to dialogue with
environmental groups on the issue of the Da-tan algal reefs.
Speaking in an interview, Wang says her administration is facing three major
challenges as tensions build over plans to build a liquefied natural gas
receiving station at Da-tan, Taoyuan.
to remain:願意、維持
to dialogue with:進行對話
on the issue of:就……問題
the Da-tan algal reefs:大潭海藻礁(algal:海藻;reef:礁)
administration:行政團隊
to build over:建立
liquefied:液化
Wang says the ministry will aim to protect the algal reefs, cut air pollution
and reliance (依賴,依靠;信任,信賴) on coal, and provide stable energy
supplies.
She says the government has adjusted plans for the station, to avoid dense
areas of algal reefs, and reworked infrastructure blueprints to allow ocean
currents to flow through parts of the facilities.
air pollution:空氣污染
reliance:依賴,依靠;信任,信賴)
stable:穩定的
to adjust:調整
dense:密集的
to rework:重新設計
ocean currents:洋流
facility:設施
The minister says all this is done with the aim of minimizing impact on the
environment.
She says the economics ministry would be happy to meet with environmental
groups to further discuss how their goals can be achieved.
minimizing(to minimize):減少
to further:進一步