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posted by janrinok on Saturday August 20 2016, @02:53PM   Printer-friendly
from the not-uber-alles dept.

A California judge has rejected the nearly $100m settlement deal between Uber and a group of aggrieved drivers.

Judge Edward Chen said on Thursday [PDF] the dial-a-ride app maker's proposed settlement package "as a whole as currently structured is not fair, adequate, and reasonable." The drivers are suing Uber, accusing the San Francisco biz of breaking labor laws, and Uber is trying to settle the class action out of court.

Chen said that Uber's proposed deal – in which the drivers would have been paid roughly $84m to give up their claims that Uber broke rules on tips and other labor rights – was too much in favor of Uber and did not afford the drivers adequate protections.

Specifically, Chen said, the non-cash portions of the deal would not bring drivers the additional employment protections, higher pay, and arbitration rights they had been seeking when they filed suit.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 20 2016, @04:23PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 20 2016, @04:23PM (#390604)

    > Maybe the previous articles can help:

    Haha! Good one.
    Like water off a duck's back.