As far as I understand, the UK situation was a court ruling about that an earlier general law should apply for the particular situation of Uber drivers and the

As far as I understand, the UK situation was a court ruling about that an earlier general law should apply for the particular situation of Uber drivers and the other companies are likely to ensure that their situation is different and try to still treat them as contractors. On the other hand, this is the government explicitly passing a law stating that they are to be treated as employees, so at least technically it's different, and IMHO preferable - clear laws to state what rules apply for a very common specific case that affects very many people, instead of waiting years on court rulings and appeals for each company separately.