Bolt drivers' claims FAQs

We think that Bolt drivers will be entitled to thousands of pounds in compensation.

We are claiming:

• Backpay for unpaid holiday
• Compensation if you received less than the National Minimum Wage

We will calculate your compensation using data from Bolt, as well as your financial documents such as your tax returns/accounts, bank statements 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 should not have to pay Bolt’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 for Bolt in the last 10 weeks.

Bolt should not penalise its drivers for bringing a legal claim.

As a worker, you have legal protection from Bolt treating you differently for claiming these rights. If Bolt deactivated your account or changed the conditions of your work because of your legal claim, you may be entitled to additional compensation.

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

Leaving Bolt will not affect your ability to continue with your claim.

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

Bolt simply needs to ensure it allows drivers to take time off and to pay them for this, in the same way that any worker is entitled to paid holiday. Bolt also needs to make sure that the rate it pays its drivers is high enough that they receive at least the National Minimum Wage, once you take into account the amounts they have to spend on expenses, like petrol.

The amount of holiday entitlement is relatively easy to calculate, even for workers who don’t work fixed hours. The claim is simply to make sure that Bolt pays you holiday pay and the National Minimum Wage.

You would not need to have a fixed working pattern or a set number of working hours in order for Bolt to calculate your holiday pay and the National Minimum Wage.

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 independent contractors. Uber drivers now receive holiday pay, the National Minimum Wage and other benefits from Uber.

Given the similarities in how Uber and Bolt drivers work, we believe that Bolt drivers also have a strong claim that they should be classified as workers and receive holiday pay and the National Minimum Wage.