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Thousands of Bolt taxi drivers could be entitled to compensation, lawyers say
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TENS of thousands of Bolt taxi drivers could be entitled to compensation after years without holiday pay and the national living wage, according to lawyers.

Law firm Leigh Day said today that more than 1,600 drivers working for Bolt should be treated as workers and given the rights that come with that status.

Bolt currently treats its drivers as self-employed contractors, but Leigh Day argues that, because of the way the company operates, they should be classed as workers.

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