United States 385 000 collective complaints Uber driver did not birthright welfare

Uber is the world's largest mobile car companies, many of which in the United States and other countries, Uber driver's identity and the treatment becomes a sensitive issue. In the United States, many drivers and politicians shelling Uber, the driver as outsourcing work rather than full-time employees, which can avoid a lot of welfare spending.


Before the driver class action, Uber had planned to spend one hundred million US dollars settlement, the driver is defined as the outsourcing of work, but the suit was rejected in court.

According to the US technology news site Engadget reported Thursday, a federal district court in San Francisco, rejected the settlement agreement Uber submitted.

In this lawsuit, 385,000 Uber car in California and Massachusetts drivers to Uber launched a class action. The plaintiff stated, Uber the car driver as an independent outsourcing work, did not give the identity of full-time employees, so that employees a lot of costs can not be reimbursed, in addition to their well-being, also can not be guaranteed.

Many US politicians have criticized before, Uber car driver being exploited labor. After the US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said that if elected president, to combat those companies are not so-called "outworkers" provides holidays welfare.

April this year, Uber announced it will compensate $ 100 million class action settlement described above, but in accordance with the settlement agreement, the future of car drivers still will not be treated as full-time employees, is still independent contractors or outsourcing work.

In addition to this billion in compensation, only $ 84 million belonging to certainly pay another $ 16 million to look at the future development of Uber.

Thursday, the judge said the United States court of Edward Chen expressed, Uber settlement agreement for the car driver is not fair.

It is reported that the core of this lawsuit, is hoping to become Uber car driver full-time employees, so that more can be reimbursed expenses, such as gasoline, vehicle maintenance costs, as well as insurance and their own passengers and the like.

According to Reuters, the settlement agreement after Uber exposure, some of the Uber driver objected, they think Uber compensable one hundred million US dollars, far below the actual car drivers up to $ 850 million in economic losses (themselves substantial costs).

Calculated according to the media, if car drivers share Uber compensation, each driver can only be assigned to the poor of $ 24, this is not paying the money Prius cars in San Francisco to fill a tank of fuel.

For Thursday's court ruling, Uber expressed deep disappointment that the settlement is fair and reasonable.

Previously, Uber founder Karan Nick said that if the driver as full-time employees, will stifle innovation and a new business, in addition to many car drivers do not want to become full-time employees, want to preserve their identity and flexible working hours.