Excel Executive FAQ's

We think that Excel Executive private hire drivers may be entitled to thousands of pounds in compensation, depending on how long you have worked for Excel Executive.

We are claiming:

· Backpay for unpaid holiday

· Compensation if you received less than the National Minimum Wage

· Compensation for failure to provide you with a written contract which sets out certain entitlements.

We will calculate your compensation using data from Excel Executive, as well as your financial documents such as bank statements, your tax returns/accounts and receipts.

If you are successful in your claim, we will deduct 25% plus VAT from your compensation for our legal fees.

If you lose, you will not have to pay Excel Executive’s legal fees, unless there are exceptional circumstances, such as if you behave in a vexatious, abusive, disruptive or otherwise unreasonable manner, or ignore an order of the Tribunal.

Yes, you can still join the claim if you have driven a private hire vehicle for Excel Executive in the last 10 weeks.

Excel Executive should not penalise its drivers for bringing a legal claim.

If Excel Executive deactivated your account or changed the conditions of your work because of your legal claim, you may be entitled to bring another claim and additional compensation.

If you join the Excel Executive drivers’ claim and then stop driving for Excel Executive, or if Excel Executive deactivates your account, you should update our team via email (excelexecutive@leighday.co.uk) and let us know the date you last drove for Excel Executive.

Leaving Excel Executive will not affect your ability to continue with your claim.

We see no reason why you should have less flexibility as a worker than as a self-employed contractor.

Excel Executive simply needs to allow its drivers to take holiday and to pay them for this, in the same way that any worker is entitled to paid holiday. Excel Executive also needs to make sure that the rate it pays its drivers is high enough that you receive at least the National Minimum Wage once you take into account expenses, like petrol.

You do not need to have a fixed working pattern or a set number of working hours for Excel Executive to calculate your holiday pay and National Minimum Wage entitlemen

No, you do not need to provide any documents to join the claim.

Once you join the claim, we will contact you with further information. During the course of the claim, we may ask you to provide documents to support your claim, such as documents which may assist us in calculating your compensation. We will contact you if we need anything from you.

Yes.

Leigh Day represented thousands of drivers in a worker status claim against Uber.

In 2021, the Supreme Court ruled that Uber drivers were workers, rather than self-employed contractors.

Given the similarities in how Uber and Excel Executive private hire drivers work, we believe that Excel Executive drivers also have a strong claim that they should be classified as workers and receive holiday pay and the National Minimum Wag